English Explanatory Dictionary

Hiwi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of the South American flatlands.
noun
  1. A foreigner who volunteered to serve the Nazis.

Word forms

Hiwi Hiwis

Etymology

From German Hiwi, short for Hilfswilliger (“voluntary assistant, one willing to help”).

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