wheeler
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See also: Wheeler
Etymology
From Middle English whelere, equivalent to wheel + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)
Noun
wheeler (plural wheelers)
- (obsolete) A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
- Someone who operates a wheel.
- (archaic) A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).
- (in combination) A vehicle having the specified number of wheels.
- 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Greek Interpreter:
- "Excellent," said Sherlock Holmes. "Send the boy for a four-wheeler, and we shall be off at once."
- (UK, historical, Liverpool) A sett in a stoneway.
- 1894, Transactions of the Liverpool Engineering Society, page 109:
- These wheelers are now made from the same class of rock as the rest of the pavement, […]
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