wheel·er /ˈhwilɚ/
車夫,車輪製造人,後馬
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. Zool. The European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
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Wheeler
n 1: Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976) [syn: Sir Mortimer
Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler]
2: someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels [syn: wheelwright]
3: the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
4: a person who rides a bicycle [syn: cyclist, bicyclist, bicycler]
5: a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels
of a vehicle [syn: wheel horse]