noun
Meaning 1
helmsman
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
wheelsman
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of wheelman (“getaway driver”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English wheelsman From wheel + -s- + -man.