Usually means: Guides for Himalayan climbs, logistics.
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  1. sherpas: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Sherpas: Vocabulary.com
  3. Sherpa's, Sherpas, sherpas: Wordnik
  4. sherpas: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. Sherpas, sherpas: Wiktionary
  6. Sherpas: Dictionary.com
  7. Sherpas: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Sherpas: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. Sherpas: Merriam-Webster
  10. Sherpas: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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  1. Sherpas: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Sherpa)

noun:  A member of a particular Himalayan ethnic group living in Nepal and Tibet, known especially as mountaineers.
noun:  A high-ranking government official who works tirelessly in the background to conclude the text of an official communiqué, typically from a G7 or G20 summit.
noun:  The Southern Tibetan language of these people.
noun:  (countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.
noun:  (countable) An expert accompanying a high-ranking leader to a summit meeting.
noun:  A synthetic fabric with a long, thick pile, similar to faux fur, imitation lamb wool, or fleece.
verb:  (rare) To serve as a guide or porter for another.
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