heller

1
[ hel-er ]

nounInformal.
  1. a noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.

Origin of heller

1
1890–95, Americanism; short for hell-raiser

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Other definitions for heller (2 of 3)

heller2
[ hel-er ]

noun,plural hel·lers, hel·ler.
  1. a former coin of various German states, usually equal to half a pfennig.

  2. a former bronze coin of Austria, one 100th of a korona.

Origin of heller

2
First recorded in 1565–75; from German, Middle High German haller, heller, after (Schwäbisch) Hall, the Swabian town where they were originally minted; see -er1

Other definitions for Heller (3 of 3)

Heller
[ hel-er ]

noun
  1. Joseph, 1923–99, U.S. novelist.

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British Dictionary definitions for heller (1 of 3)

heller1

/ (ˈhɛlə) /


nounplural -ler
  1. a monetary unit of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, worth one hundredth of a koruna

  2. any of various old German or Austrian coins of low denomination

Origin of heller

1
from German haller a silver coin, after Hall, town in Swabia where the coins were minted

British Dictionary definitions for heller (2 of 3)

heller2

/ (ˈhɛlə) /


noun
  1. another word for hellion

British Dictionary definitions for Heller (3 of 3)

Heller

/ (ˈhɛlə) /


noun
  1. Joseph. 1923–99, US novelist. His works include Catch 22 (1961), God Knows (1984), Picture This (1988), and Closing Time (1994)

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