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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hillbilly/ˈhɪlbɪli/

▶noun (pl. hillbillies) N. Amer. informal an unsophisticated country person, originally one from the Appalachians.

– origin early 20th cent.: from hill + Billy (familiar form of the given name William).

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