TENZING NORGAY

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• TENZING NORGAY (noun)
  The noun TENZING NORGAY has 1 sense:

1. Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)

  Familiarity information: TENZING NORGAY used as a noun is very rare.

• TENZING NORGAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

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

mountain climber; mountaineer (someone who climbs mountains)

 Context examples 

On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary, from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, from Nepal, became the first humans to successfully climb to the peak of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.

(Everest, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)