wheeler

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1. An English surname, derived from the trade of wheeler.

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noun

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

1. A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
2. Someone who operates a wheel.
3. 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.””

4. 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."”

5. A sett in a stoneway.

   “These wheelers are now made from the same class of rock as the rest of the pavement, […]”