English Explanatory Dictionary

wheelsman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. helmsman
  2. Alternative form of wheelman (“getaway driver”).

Word forms

wheelsman wheelsmen

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.

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