heller

noun — 3 senses

noun

Etymology Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.

Historical A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.

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

noun

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

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

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