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  1. hildingnoun

    a wretch, a contemptible person

  2. Etymology: Origin unknown.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Hildingnoun

    He was some hilding fellow, that had stol’n
    The horse he rode on. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. i.

    If your lordship find him not a hilding, hold me no more in your respect. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.

    You are curb’d from that enlargement by
    The consequence o’ th’ crown, and must not foil
    The precious note of it with a base slave,
    A hilding for a livery, a squire’s cloth. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    This idle toy, this hilding scorns my power,
    And sets us all at naught. Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore.

    Laura, to his lady, was but a kitchen wench;
    Helen and Hero, hildings and harlots. William Shakespeare, Rom. and Jul.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hildingnoun

    a base, menial wretch

  2. Hildingadjective

    base; spiritless

  3. Etymology: [Prob. a corruption of hindling, dim. of hind, adj. Cf. Prov. E. hilderling, hinderling. See Hinderling.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hilding

    hild′ing, n. a mean, cowardly person, a dastard.—adj. cowardly, spiritless. [Prob. hield, to bend down.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. HILDING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hilding is ranked #87663 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Hilding surname appeared 212 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hilding.

    91.5% or 194 total occurrences were White.
    5.1% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hilding in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hilding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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