wheeler
Plural: wheelers
Noun
- One who or that which wheels or operates a wheeled vehicle.
- Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
- someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
- the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
- a person who rides a bicycle
- a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle
- A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
- Someone who operates a wheel.
- A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).
- A vehicle having the specified number or type of wheels.
- A sett in a stoneway.
Examples
- The ’WHEELER’ in the dictionary entry referred to someone who maneuvered carts.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English whelere, equivalent to wheel + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).
Synonyms
bicycler, bicyclist, cyclist, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler, wheel horse, wheelwright
Scrabble Score: 13
wheeler: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwheeler: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wheeler: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary