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Word

hillary

Phoneticshillary

/ˈhɪɫɝi/

Definitions

01given name

B2

n. a first name for a person, usually a woman in modern times.

n. A unisex given name of Latin origin, though predominantly feminine in contemporary usage.

“Hillary Clinton served as the United States Secretary of State.”

“The name Hillary saw a significant spike in popularity in the United States during the early 1990s before becoming more politically polarized.”

02surname

B2

n. a family name or last name.

n. A surname of English and French origin, derived from the medieval given name.

“Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first two people to reach the top of Mount Everest.”

“The Hillary family name is famously associated with mountaineering history due to the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition.”

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