Meaning

3 senses
  1. (historical)A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.

    Heller

    ге́ллерgéller

  2. A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.

    Heller

    ге́ллерgéller

    100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic

  3. (Cornwall, US)A noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; a hellion.

    a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
13th-century coin equivalent to half a pfennig:

Origin

Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier. 1890–95, Americanism; short for hell-rais

Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.

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

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Forms

plural: hellers
Singularheller
Pluralhellers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999):Joseph Heller
  • a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man):helliondevil
  • 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic:haler
  • 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia:haler

See also

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