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🧑‍🎓 A surname 🚗 A British car
Hillman

Hillman

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A British car brand made in the early to mid 1900s
  • proper noun
  • Archaic
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  • And some of our performers will be backed up by members of the Bristol-Hillman House Band.

Examples

  • In the 1960s, many families traveled across the country in their trusty Hillman cars.

  • It's Bristol-Hillman Music Conservatory.

    Raise Your Voice (2004)

  • Hello, and welcome to Bristol-Hillman's summer music program.

    Raise Your Voice (2004)

  • So without further ado, the board of directors of the Bristol-Hillman Music Conservatory is pleased to present this scholarship to...

    Raise Your Voice (2004)

  • The vintage Hillman displayed at the car show attracted a lot of attention from enthusiasts.

  • She grew up admiring her father's classic Hillman, which was a symbol of his adventurous spirit.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Hillman the car brand was named after its founder's family name, which comes from the parts hill and man and means 'man of the hill'. So the car name is simply a family name, which makes it easy to remember these classic British cars.