English Explanatory Dictionary

wheeler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
  2. Someone who operates a wheel.
  3. A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).
  4. A vehicle having the specified number or type of wheels.
  5. A sett in a stoneway.
name
  1. An English surname, derived from the trade of wheeler.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama.
  4. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
  6. A village in Jasper County, Illinois.
  7. A census-designated place in Porter County, Indiana.
  8. An unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi.
  9. A ghost town in Wheeler County, Nebraska.
  10. A town in Steuben County, New York.
  11. A small city in Tillamook County, Oregon.
  12. A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Texas.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wheeler.wav

Word forms

wheeler wheelers Whaler Wiler

Etymology

From Middle English whelere, equivalent to wheel + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4). Piecewise doublet of cycler.

Related words

eighteen-wheeler four-wheeler 4-wheeler high-wheeler one-wheeler paddlewheeler sidewheeler single-wheeler six-wheeler sternwheeler ten-wheeler three-wheeler two-wheeler wheeler-dealer wheeler-dealing

Derived words

Breit-Wheeler pair production Breit-Wheeler process Burrows-Wheeler transform Mount Wheeler Wheeler County Wheeler-DeWitt equation Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory Wheeler Heights Wheeler Peak Wheelerwood
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