Definition of Highbinder

1. Noun. A corrupt politician.

Generic synonyms: Criminal, Crook, Felon, Malefactor, Outlaw

Definition of Highbinder

1. n. A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese.

Definition of Highbinder

1. Noun. (US obsolete) A ruffian, especially one of a gang. ¹

2. Noun. (US obsolete) A member of one of several Chinese criminal gangs associated with illegal immigration and prostitution. ¹

3. Noun. (US dated) A swindler, especially a corrupt politician. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Highbinder

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Highbinder

high voltage sign
high voltage signs
high water
high waters
high wind
high wine
high wire
high yaller
high yellow
higharched
highball
highballed
highballing
highbinders
highboard
highborn
highboy
highboys
highbred
highbrow
highbrowed
highbrowism
highbrowisms
highbrowness
highbrows
highbush
highbush blueberries

Literary usage of Highbinder

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

1. Essays and Miscellany by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1890)
"In journalism we must expect that as the editor of the London highbinder regards the editor of the New York highbinder with disdain, so will the editor of ..."

2. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1890)
"In journalism we must expect that as the editor of the London highbinder regards the editor of the New York highbinder with disdain, so will the editor of ..."

3. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1890)
"In journalism we must expect that as the editor of the London highbinder regards the editor of the New York highbinder with disdain, so will the editor of ..."

4. The Californian Illustrated Magazine by Charles Frederick Holder, Edward James Livernash (1892)
"To describe the smaller and less influential highbinder institutions would be to repeat much that has been written. The Chinese have a common saying, ..."

5. American Notes and Queries edited by William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris (1890)
"E. BRADLEY SIMS. NEW YORK CITY. highbinder. The highbinder is to a court of the six companies, what a Danite was to the Mormon Church ..."

6. Stephen M. White: Californian, Citizen, Lawyer, Senator. His Life and His by Stephen Mallory White, Robert Woodland Gates, Leroy E. Mosher (1903)
"A highbinder, as we understand the matter, is an individual whose ... Commotions in Chinese society caused by highbinder warfare are not infrequent. ..."

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