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Meaning of WHEELER

Pronunciation:  'weelur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle
  2. [n]  a person who rides a bicycle
  3. [n]  the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
  4. [n]  someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
  5. [n]  Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
 

WHEELER is a 7 letter word that starts with W.

 

 Synonyms: bicycler, bicyclist, cyclist, Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler, wheel horse, wheelwright
 
 See Also: archaeologist, archeologist, Bernard Hinault, draft horse, draught horse, dray horse, Eddy Merckx, Hinault, marcher, Merckx, parader, pedaler, pedaller, wright

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wheel"er\, n.
1. One who wheels, or turns.

2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright. [Obs.]

3. A wheel horse. See under {Wheel}.

4. (Naut.) A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by
   paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler
   and stern-wheeler.

5. A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng.]

6. (Zo["o]l.) The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]

 

 

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