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Noun: Hillary  hi-lu-ree
  1. New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (1919-2008)
    - Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary

Type of: mountain climber, mountaineer

Encyclopedia: Hillary, Peter