hillmen
Settlers of slopes
Hillmen are people who live in hilly or mountainous regions, especially those belonging to traditional communities in such areas.
The term appears most often in historical or literary contexts describing tribal peoples of highland territories: The hillmen defended their passes against the invading army.
It can also refer to soldiers recruited from mountain regions.
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- elevationHeight above reference point
- peakUtmost height attained
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- plateauFlat highland area
terrain · range · escarpment · altitude · glacier · slope · foothill · valley
State of being related
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- eldersSenior community members
customs · traditions · folklore · rituals · indigenous · ethnicity · nomads · shaman
summit
Peak or diplomatic gathering
plateau · terrain · range · escarpment · altitude · glacier · slope · foothill · valley · pass
kinship
State of being related
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
elders · customs · traditions · folklore · rituals · indigenous · ethnicity · nomads · shaman · totem
village
Small rural community
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- farmingCultivating land for food
harvest · grazing · pasture · terracing · herding · shepherd · goatherd · subsistence · yak · livestock
tartan
Patterned clan fabric
heather · whisky · sporran · brogue · dirk · clan · chieftain · cairn · bothy · croft
hillmenlowlanders
Plain and valley inhabitants
plainsmen · flatlanders · river people · islanders · desert dwellers
hillmencity dwellers
People living in metropolises
urbanites · townspeople · townsfolk · metropolitans · suburbanites