heister

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noun

A thief or burglar.

OriginGerman Heister →
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Meanings

heister1

nounheister (plural heisters)

plural heisters

  1. rareA thief or burglar.

    Put it down and walk away ... straight to the crime section of your bookstore, where I'd suggest you start with The Hunter, the first book in his classic series about Parker, the heister's heister […]

    2014, Donald E. Westlake, The Getaway Car: A Donald Westlake Nonfiction Miscellany

Heister2

proper nounHeister (plural Heisters)

plural Heisters

  1. A surname from German.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lifterprigthiefthiever

Origin

heister · noun

From heist + -er.

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Heister · proper noun

  1. GermanHeister
  2. EnglishHeister

Borrowed from German Heister.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

heister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heister

MLA

“heister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heister. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heister,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heister.

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