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Definition of Highbinder
1. Noun. A corrupt politician.
Definition of Highbinder
1. n. A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese.
Definition of Highbinder
1. Noun. (US obsolete) A ruffian, especially one of a gang. ¹
2. Noun. (US obsolete) A member of one of several Chinese criminal gangs associated with illegal immigration and prostitution. ¹
3. Noun. (US dated) A swindler, especially a corrupt politician. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highbinder
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highbinder
Literary usage of Highbinder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays and Miscellany by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1890)
"In journalism we must expect that as the editor of the London highbinder regards
the editor of the New York highbinder with disdain, so will the editor of ..."
2. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1890)
"In journalism we must expect that as the editor of the London highbinder regards
the editor of the New York highbinder with disdain, so will the editor of ..."
3. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1890)
"In journalism we must expect that as the editor of the London highbinder regards
the editor of the New York highbinder with disdain, so will the editor of ..."
4. The Californian Illustrated Magazine by Charles Frederick Holder, Edward James Livernash (1892)
"To describe the smaller and less influential highbinder institutions would be to
repeat much that has been written. The Chinese have a common saying, ..."
5. American Notes and Queries edited by William Shepard Walsh, Henry Collins Walsh, William H. Garrison, Samuel R. Harris (1890)
"E. BRADLEY SIMS. NEW YORK CITY. highbinder. The highbinder is to a court of the
six companies, what a Danite was to the Mormon Church ..."
6. Stephen M. White: Californian, Citizen, Lawyer, Senator. His Life and His by Stephen Mallory White, Robert Woodland Gates, Leroy E. Mosher (1903)
"A highbinder, as we understand the matter, is an individual whose ... Commotions in
Chinese society caused by highbinder warfare are not infrequent. ..."
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