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heller

1

[ hel-er ]

noun

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


heller

2

[ hel-er ]

noun

, plural hel·lers, hel·ler.
  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.

Heller

3

[ hel-er ]

noun

  1. Joseph, 1923–99, U.S. novelist.

heller

1

/ ˈhɛlə /

noun

  1. another word for hellion


heller

2

/ 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

Heller

3

/ ˈhɛlə /

noun

  1. HellerJoseph19231999MUSWRITING: novelist 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of heller1

1890–95, Americanism; 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; -er 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of heller1

from German haller a silver coin, after Hall , town in Swabia where the coins were minted

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Example Sentences

She suggested at Wednesday’s hearing that the court should follow the history as stated in the majority opinion in Heller.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Heller was undeniably a big deal, at least symbolically.

In the Heller ruling, a five-justice Supreme Court majority said that focusing on the militia was a misunderstanding of the core meaning of the Second Amendment.

After all, history and tradition show that a variety of gun regulations have co-existed with the Second Amendment right and are consistent with that right, as the Court said in Heller.

Two justices who have joined the bench since Heller was decided are seen as pivotal to the future of New York’s law.

Joseph Heller called it the “most stirring and lucid account of World War II that I have ever read.”

He shot a pilot with Heller last season for CBS called The Advocates.

There, the Court expanded the Heller ruling beyond federal laws to state and local laws related to firearms.

Meanwhile, the parents of Yevhen Heller, a key member of the Yanukovych-Ahmetov clan, reportedly live in Brooklyn.

In the piece, Dunham opens up to writer Nathan Heller about her own insecurities, her writing process, and her style evolution.

In the last years of his life he became so weak that sometimes, as Stephen Heller told me, his playing was hardly audible.

Stephen Heller told me that it was a wonderful sight to see one of those small hands expand and cover a third of the keyboard.

Soon after his arrival in Paris, Heller called on the Polish musician and found him sitting for his portrait.

Heller remembers seeing him more than once in a passion, and hearing him speak very harshly to Nowakowski.

To Heller it seemed that Chopin had no taste for literature, indeed, he made on him the impression of an uneducated man.

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