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• heller
  heller

  noun

  a noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; hellion.
• Heller
  Heller

  noun

  Joseph, 1923–99, U.S. novelist.

heller

¹ American  

[hel-er] / ˈhɛl ər /

noun

Informal.

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

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heller ² American  

[hel-er] / ˈhɛl ər /

noun

• hellers,
  plural
• heller
  plural

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.

3. haler.

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Heller ³ American  

[hel-er] / ˈhɛl ər /

noun

1. Joseph, 1923–99, U.S. novelist.

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heller ¹ British  

/ ˈhɛlə /

noun

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

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Heller ² British  

/ 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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heller ³ British  

/ ˈhɛlə /

noun

1. another word for hellion

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• heller
  plural
• hellers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of heller¹

1890–95, short for hell-raiser

Origin of heller²

First recorded in 1565–75; from German, Middle High German haller, heller, after (Schwäbisch) Hall, the Swabian town where they were originally minted; see -er ¹

Example Sentences

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At Marseilles, he became a bit of a heller on a £3OO-a-year allowance from an indulgent uncle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Free City of Danzig is about to discard German marks and substitute an independent currency with 100 heller to one gulden.

From Time Magazine Archive

The boy occasionally earned a few heller running errands for the local postmaster.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was also, says Sunny, "sort of a heller."

From Time Magazine Archive

Dextry spoke, breathlessly, to Slapjack in the pause which ensued: "Ain't he a heller?"

From The Spoilers by Rex Ellingwood Beach

While Heller was built on phony history, it reflected a genuine, hard-fought shift in public understanding.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

His book Attached, co-written with Rachel Heller, was first published in 2010 and has since sold millions of copies around the world.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

“This is a truly rare opportunity to acquire one of the Hollywood Hills’ most historically significant and private estates,” says Heller.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

At larger companies, there is a reluctance to give Gen Z the responsibility and accountability of a C-suite level role, said Martha Heller, CEO of technology executive recruiting firm Heller Search Associates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Even with Mr. Heller leading the efforts to rebuild the mosque and community center, it was going to be months before it would open.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

"Hang it all, I've nothing here but pfennigs and hellers and centimes."

From The Husbands of Edith by George Barr McCutcheon

When we were in the cab, and the cab-driver turned the disc so that the first sixty hellers were visible, I continued the jest.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Sigmund Freud

We have hardly got in and we already owe sixty hellers.

From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Sigmund Freud

Sixteen hellers were also paid weekly from the Town-house for each sick person, by which one person could be well supported.

From The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. by Thomas Platter

The mileage subsidy was fixed at five hellers per ton, per hundred nautical miles run.

From Manual of Ship Subsidies by Edwin M. Bacon