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Wheeler

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Noun

1. sir mortimer wheeler, sir robert eric mortimer wheeler, wheeler

Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)

2. wheeler, wheelwright

someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels

3. wheeler

the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling

4. bicycler, bicyclist, cyclist, wheeler

a person who rides a bicycle

5. wheel horse, wheeler

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wheeler

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noun
1. Also called: wheelhorse
a horse or other draught animal nearest the wheel
2. (in combination)
something equipped with a specified sort or number of wheels
a three-wheeler
3. 
a person or thing that wheels
noun
1. 
John Archibald. 1911–2008, US physicist, noted for his work on nuclear fission and the development (1949–51) of the hydrogen bomb, also for his work on unified field theory
2. 
Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer. 1890–1976, Scottish archaeologist, who did much to increase public interest in archaeology. He is noted esp for his excavations at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in the Indus Valley and at Maiden Castle in Dorset

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Wheeler

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John Archibald1911-2008; U.S. physicist
noun
1. 
a person or thing that wheels
2. 
wheel horse (sense 1)
3. 
something having a (specified) kind or number of wheels
used in hyphenated compounds
side-wheeler, two-wheeler

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wheeler

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American military officer and politician. A Confederate commander, he later served as US representative from Alabama (1881-1882 and 1885-1900) and as a major general in the Spanish-American War (1898).
American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to quantum physics and general relativity. He coined the terms “black hole” and “wormhole.”
n.
1. One that wheels.
2. A thing that moves on or is equipped with wheels or a wheel. Often used in combination: a three-wheeler; a paddle-wheeler.
3. A wheel horse.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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