different between hillman vs hellman

English

Etymology

From hill +? man.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?h?lm?n/
• Homophone: Hillman
• Hyphenation: hill?man

Noun

hillman (plural hillmen)

1. A native or inhabitant of hilly or mountainous country; a tribesman who lives in the mountains.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 6:

     Indian hillmen of exceptional intelligence and resource, specially trained in clandestine surveying techniques, were despatched across the frontier disguised as Muslim holy men or Buddhist pilgrims.

English

Etymology

From hell +? man.

Pronunciation

Noun

hellman (plural hellmen)

1. (surfing, slang) A daredevil.
   • 1997, Surfer, volume 38, issues 1–6, Kelly's Cove is where I go to surf in the City:

     Let the hellmen down the beach tilt against 100 yards of whitewater trying to paddle out.

   • 2008, Tim Winton, Breath, Picador UK Paperback edition 2008, Ch.11, p.53, 54:

     I only got to my feet from instinct, but there I suddenly was, upright and alive, skittering in front of all that jawing mess with my little board chattering underfoot. Within three seconds I went from saving myself from certain disaster to believing I was a thirteen-year-old hellman.

2. Evil man; devil.