hillary

noun

1. Sir Edmund P.,1919–2008, New Zealand mountain climber who scaled Mt. Everest 1953.
2. a male or female given name.

noun

1. 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)