hiller

See also: Hiller

English

Etymology

From hill +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪlə(ɹ)/, [ˈhɪlə(ɹ)]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪlɚ/, [ˈhɪɫlɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

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^[1], 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