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Heister

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.
Noun
  1. 1
    A thief or burglar. rare

    "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 […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From heist + -er.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Heister.

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