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plural hillmen
A native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains. quotations examples
Indian hillmen of exceptional intelligence and resource, specially trained in clandestine surveying techniques, were despatched across the frontier disguised as Muslim holy men or Buddhist pilgrims.
1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 6