different between terms vs highbinder

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

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,"”