Hillary

[ hil-uh-ree ]

/ ˈhɪl ə ri /

noun

Sir Edmund P.,1919–2008, New Zealand mountain climber who scaled Mt. Everest 1953.

a male or female given name.

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Example sentences from the Web for hillary

Should lightning strike and Hillary Clinton forgoes a presidential run, Democrats have a nominee in waiting.
Sen. Warren’s Main Street Crusade to Pressure Clinton|Eleanor Clift|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But Bush is as exciting to many conservatives as Hillary Clinton is to many progressives, meaning not so much.
The Devil in Mike Huckabee|Dean Obeidallah|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But in doing so, are they ignoring other liberal alternatives to Hillary Clinton?
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And with regard to taking on Hillary Clinton, he does no better than any of the rest of them.
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Now they have a new plan to win—with or without Hillary Clinton.
Progressives: Big Ideas Will Win Us 2016|David Freedlander|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hillary and Grace seemed to know most of these people by sight.
The Memoirs of an American Citizen|Robert Herrick
"Hillary is inclined to talk—" began Lucas, but was silenced by a ferocious stamp of Frank's boot.
The Prodigal Father|J. Storer Clouston
Whether Clerk Gum kept his word, or whether he did not, certain it was that Mr. Hillary heard nothing from him that day.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
When we filed into the court room the last morning to listen to the judge's charge, the first face I saw was that of Hillary Cox.
The Memoirs of an American Citizen|Robert Herrick
The covers were still on the typewriters and Hillary was asleep or in a coma over in the corner.
The Mind Digger|Winston Marks

British Dictionary definitions for hillary

Hillary

/ (ˈhɪlərɪ) /

noun

Sir Edmund. 1919–2008, New Zealand explorer and mountaineer. He and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (1953); New Zealand ambassador to India (1984–89)

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