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Noun: wheeler  wee-lu(r)
  1. Someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
    "The colonial village employed a wheeler to maintain the wagon wheels";
    - wheelwright
     
  2. A draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle
    "The experienced wheeler guided the wagon around tight corners";
    - wheel horse
     
  3. The man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
    "The wheeler guided the formation as the troops executed their manoeuvre"
Noun: Wheeler
  1. Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
    - Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler

Derived forms: wheelers

Type of: archaeologist, archeologist [US], draft horse [US], draught horse [Brit, Cdn], dray horse, marcher, parader, wright

Encyclopedia: Wheeler, Paul