English Explanatory Dictionary

wheelman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise.
  2. The steersman on a ship.
  3. A cyclist.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

wheelman wheelmen wheel-man wheel man

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English wheelman From wheel + -man.

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