wheeler
/ˈ(h)wiː.lə(ɹ)/
wheeler noun: a wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
Noun
wheeler (plural wheelers)
- A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
- Someone who operates a wheel.
- A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).
- How proud felt Pierre: In fancy’s eye, he saw the horse-ghosts a-tandem in the van; “These are but wheelers”—cried young Pierre—“the leaders are the generations.”1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
- A vehicle having the specified number or type of wheels.
- "Excellent," said Sherlock Holmes. "Send the boy for a four-wheeler, and we shall be off at once."1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Greek Interpreter
- A sett in a stoneway.
- These wheelers are now made from the same class of rock as the rest of the pavement, […]1894, Transactions of the Liverpool Engineering Society, page 109
Proper noun capitalized: Wheeler
Wheeler (countable and uncountable, plural Wheelers)
- An English surname, derived from the trade of wheeler.
- "Using the correct disinfectant is an important part of preventing and reducing the spread of illnesses along with other critical aspects such as hand washing," EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a statement.2020 March 5, Christina Zdanowicz, “Here’s a list of disinfectants you can use against coronavirus”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2020
- An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
- A village in Jasper County, Illinois.
- A census-designated place in Porter County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi.
- A ghost town in Wheeler County, Nebraska.
- A town in Steuben County, New York.
- A small city in Tillamook County, Oregon.
- A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia.
- A village in Dunn County, Wisconsin.
wheeler meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
wheeler in Hindi
- व्हीलर
wheeler in Urdu
- وہیلر
wheeler in Bengali
- হুইলার
wheeler in Telugu
- వీలర్
More languagesFewer languages
- wheeler in Malayalam
- വീലർ
- wheeler in Kannada
- ವೀಲರ್
- wheeler in Punjabi
- ਵਹੀਲਰ
- wheeler in Gujarati
- વ્હીલર
- wheeler in Nepali
- व्हीलर
Examples of wheeler in a sentence
- "You can ride everwhat three wheeler you want. Besides, it's goin' to be what it's goin' be."
- Wheeler would find a new boojum to hunt, and be hunted by.
- Wheeler long ago swore that he would never coast through a performance, and he plays decently well.
Forms of wheeler
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wheelers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wheelers |
| alternative form | Whaler |
| alternative form | Wiler |
Origin of wheeler
From Middle English whelere, equivalent to wheel + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4). Piecewise doublet of cycler.
Words formed from wheeler
Phrases with wheeler
Words that rhyme with wheeler
Questions about wheeler
- What does wheeler mean?
- Wheeler means a wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
- What is wheeler in Hindi?
- Wheeler in Hindi is व्हीलर. See Wheeler meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wheeler?
- Wheeler can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wheeler?
- Wheeler is pronounced /ˈ(h)wiː.lə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of wheeler?
- The plural of wheeler is wheelers.
Words near wheeler in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wheeler (page history and authors); Wheeler (page history and authors); wheeler (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wheeler (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wheeler (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wheeler (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wheeler (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wheeler (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wheeler (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wheeler (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wheeler (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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