different between highbinder vs hellbender

English

Alternative forms

• high-binder

Etymology

From the name of a nativist gang that flourished in New York City in the early 19th century, possibly an alteration of hide + binder.

Noun

highbinder (plural highbinders)

1. (US, obsolete) A ruffian, especially one of a gang.
2. (US, obsolete) A member of one of several Chinese criminal gangs associated with illegal immigration and prostitution.
3. (US, dated) A swindler, especially a corrupt politician.

See also

• hellbender

References

• Paul A. Gilje (1987) The road to mobocracy: popular disorder in New York City, 1763-1834, Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.), page 130: “On Christmas Eve 1806, about fifty men, calling themselves Highbinders, gathered outside the Catholic church on ... These Highbinders, labeled by one newspaper "a desperate association of lawless and unprincipled vagabonds,"”

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

hell +? bender, possibly from hell-bent.

Noun

hellbender (plural hellbenders)

1. A giant salamander (genus Cryptobranchus) of North America that inhabits large, swiftly flowing streams with rocky bottoms.
2. A reckless, headstrong person.

Synonyms

• (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis): grampus, menopome, hellbender salamander, spotted water gecko

Translations

See also

• hellbent
• highbinder