wheeler

See also Wheeler

English

Noun

wheeler (plural wheelers)

1. (obsolete) a wheelwright, a wheelmaker
2. someone who operates a wheel
3. (archaic) a wheel horse
4. (used in combination with a preceding whole number) A vehicle having the specified number of wheels.

Quotations

• "Excellent," said Sherlock Holmes. "Send the boy for a four-wheeler, and we shall be off at once." [Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Greek Interpreter"]

Derived terms

• two-wheeler
• three-wheeler
• four-wheeler
• 18-wheeler
• wheeler-dealer