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Sherpa

DEFINITIONS OF: Sherpa

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n a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers

Examples:
Tenzing Norgay
Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)
Type of:
Asian, Asiatic
a native or inhabitant of Asia
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