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wheeler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wheeler has 5 senses
- wheeler(n = noun.person) sir mortimer wheeler, sir robert eric mortimer wheeler - Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976); Array is a kind of archaeologist, archeologist
- wheeler(n = noun.person) wheelwright - someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels; Array is a kind of wright
- wheeler(n = noun.person) Array - the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling; Array is a kind of marcher, parader
- wheeler(n = noun.person) bicycler, bicyclist, cyclist - a person who rides a bicycle; Array is a kind of pedaler, pedaller
- wheeler(n = noun.animal) wheel horse - a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle; Array is a kind of draft horse, draught horse, dray horse
Derived form verb wheel1
has particulars: bernard hinault, hinault, eddy merckx, merckx
Derived form verb wheel4
CIDE DICTIONARY
wheeler, n.
- One who wheels, or turns. [1913 Webster]
- A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [1913 Webster]
- A wheel horse. See under Wheel. [1913 Webster]
- A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler. [1913 Webster]
- A worker on sewed muslin. [1913 Webster]
- The European goatsucker. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wheeler, n.
1 (in comb.) a vehicle having a specified number of wheels.
2 a wheelwright.
3 a horse harnessed next to the wheels and behind another.
1 (in comb.) a vehicle having a specified number of wheels.
2 a wheelwright.
3 a horse harnessed next to the wheels and behind another.
Idiom
wheeler-dealer a person who wheels and deals.
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