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name
An English surname, derived from the trade of wheeler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Jasper County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Porter County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Wheeler County, Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Steuben County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Tillamook County, Oregon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Someone who operates a wheel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A vehicle having the specified number or type of wheels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
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noun
A sett in a stoneway.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
Qualifier: Liverpool
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noun
a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wheel horse
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Broader terms: draft horse, draught horse, dray horse
noun
a person who rides a bicycle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cyclist, bicyclist, bicycler
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Broader terms: pedaler, pedaller
Narrower terms: Hinault, Bernard Hinault, Merckx, Eddy Merckx
noun
the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: marcher, parader
noun
someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wheelwright
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Broader terms: wright
noun
Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler
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Broader terms: archeologist, archaeologist
History
From Middle English whelere, equivalent to wheel + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4). Piecewise doublet of cycler.
