wheeler

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)
  2. noun someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels
  3. noun the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler

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