Meanings
hiller1
nounhiller (plural hillers)
plural hillers
- AppalachiaderogatoryA poor rural person.
But at my alma mater in West Virginia, we had a unique "Us & Them" sorting classification: you were either a “hiller” or a “creeker.”
2017 August 23, Trey Kay, “Us & Them: 'You're Either a Hiller or a Creeker'”, in Us & Them, Charleston, West Virginia, United States: West Virginia Public Broadcasting, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2020
Hiller2
proper noun
- A surname.
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Origin
Hiller · proper noun
From hill + -er, given to people who lived by a hill.
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Rhymes with hiller
millerkillerthrillerpillarfillerschillerchillertillerstillerdrillerdistillerspillerbillerpillervillargrillerswindlergillerwillerfibrillarSillertonsillartrillermyofibrillar
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APA
hiller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hiller
MLA
“hiller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hiller. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hiller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hiller.
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