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hesher

hesher noun: a diehard enthusiast of heavy metal music.

Noun

hesher (plural heshers)

  1. (slang) A diehard enthusiast of heavy metal music.
    • That guy has long hair, rides a motorcycle, and wears t-shirts of his favorite heavy metal bands with a leather jacket to his college classes. He is a hesher.
    • You remember the heshers. Those guys who hung out in the back corner of the high-school parking lot, listening to the Scorps on the stereo in their souped-up Chevy Nova with the mag wheels and dual overhead cams.1994, SPIN, volume 9, number 12, page 30

Forms of hesher

pluralheshers

Origin of hesher

Derived from Hessian: so called due to long hair and warlike personality akin to that of the Hessian mercenaries.

Questions about hesher

What does hesher mean?
Hesher means a diehard enthusiast of heavy metal music.
What part of speech is hesher?
Hesher is a noun.
What is the plural of hesher?
The plural of hesher is heshers.

Words near hesher in the dictionary

  1. Heseltine
  2. Heselton
  3. HESH
  4. Heshan
  5. heshe
  6. hesher
  7. heshers
  8. heshes
  9. heshouwu
  10. Heshui
  11. Heshun

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