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Wheeler

whee·ler

UK/ˈ(h)wiː.lə(ɹ)/ US/ˈhwilɜr/ fairly common uk

noun

1.
2.

someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels

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3.

the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling

4.

a person who rides a bicycle

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5.

a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle

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Origin

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

Phrases

  • Breit-Wheeler pair production
  • Breit-Wheeler process
  • Burrows-Wheeler transform
  • Mount Wheeler
  • Wheeler County
  • Wheeler Heights
  • Wheeler-DeWitt equation
  • Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory

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