hillman
/ˈhɪlmən
/noun (plural hillmen)
An inhabitant of hilly country.To Hunter the Santals and the hillmen of the western frontier of Bengal were a ‘manly race’....
- The richest pilgrims were carried up in wooden palanquins by tough, wiry hillmen.
- The hillmen usually found their way into the 17th Dogra Regiment, the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles, the 19th Hyderabad Regiment, and into Dogra companies in Punjabi regiments.