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wheelmen

wheelmen is the plural of wheelman.

Meaning of wheelman

Noun

wheelman (plural wheelmen)

  1. A driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise.
    • For instance, the wheelman in a robbery; he doesn't intend for anyone to get killed when he pulls up in front of a liquor store so that his armed complice can rob the store.2012, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Bad Faith, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
  2. The steersman on a ship.
  3. (dated) A cyclist.
    • Many wheelmen and wheelwomen, riding safeties, tandems and tricycles, stopped there during the evening and we had good opportunity for comparing American and English bicycles […]1897, American Architect and Architecture, volumes 57-58, page 51

Questions about wheelmen

What is wheelmen the plural of?
Wheelmen is the plural of wheelman.

Words near wheelmen in the dictionary

  1. wheelmakers
  2. wheelmaking
  3. wheelman
  4. wheelmark
  5. wheelmarks
  6. wheelmen
  7. Wheelock
  8. Wheelocks
  9. wheelpants
  10. wheelperson
  11. wheelpit

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