Definition of Heller

1. Noun. 100 halers equal 1 koruna Slovakia.

Exact synonyms: Haler
Group relationships: Koruna
Generic synonyms: Slovakian Monetary Unit

2. Noun. 100 halers equal 1 koruna in Czech Republic.
Exact synonyms: Haler
Generic synonyms: Czech Monetary Unit
Group relationships: Koruna

3. Noun. 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).
Exact synonyms: Joseph Heller
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

4. Noun. A rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man). "He chased the young hellions out of his yard"
Exact synonyms: Devil, Hellion
Generic synonyms: Bad Hat, Mischief-maker, Trouble Maker, Troublemaker, Troubler
Derivative terms: Diabolic

Definition of Heller

1. Noun. (historical) A 13th century coin equivalent to half a pfennig, no longer used ¹

2. Noun. A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heller

1. a hellion [n -S] - See also: hellion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heller

helleborein
hellebores
helleborin
helleborine
helleborines
helleborism
helleborus
helled
hellenization
hellenizations
hellenize
hellenized
hellenizes
hellenizing
hellenophone
heller (current term)
helleri
helleries
helleris
hellers
hellery
hellfire
hellfires
hellgramite
hellgramites
hellgrammiate
hellgrammite
hellgrammites
hellhag
hellhags

Literary usage of Heller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum by Bernard Barham Woodward (1904)
"heller (A. ARTHUR) Botanical Explorations in southern Texas during . . . 1894. ... heller (A. ARTHUR) [Catalogue of North American Plants north of Mexico, ..."

2. Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: Reminiscences by Oliver Hampton Smith (1858)
"THE trial of the State of Indiana against Isaac heller for the murder of his wife and three small children, came on at the spring term, 1836, ..."

3. The Bibliophile (1908)
"The lower values are surface printed, but from the 50 heller upwards they are from steel plates. Values and colours are :— 1 heller black (Charles VI. ..."

4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1912)
"Black Bight, Snodgrass and heller; Cowley Bay, common in pumice soil on the ... 651); Elizabeth Bay, Snodgrass and heller; Tagus Cove, common on the tufa ..."

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