hiller

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English

Etymology

From hill +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

hiller (plural hillers)

  1. (Appalachia, derogatory) A poor rural person.
    • 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 July 2020:
      But at my alma mater in West Virginia, we had a unique "Us & Them" sorting classification: you were either a “hiller” or a “creeker.”

Coordinate terms

  • creeker, the next poorest socioeconomic class