 Complete the following phrase:  Scholars argue that the term hillbilly originated from the Scottish dialect. The term hill-folk referred to people who preferred isolation from the greater society, and billy meant comrade or companion. It is suggested that hill-folk and Billie were combined when the Cameronians fled to the hills of southern Scotland. There is also the belief that most of the settlers from Scotland and Northern Ireland were followers of King William of Orange. Billy is a diminutive of William common across the British and Irish isles. The term hillbilly connects the people who settled in America in the hills and who were Williamites. In the 17th century Ireland, during the 