wheeler

(hwēlər, wē-)

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

Wheeler, John Archibald 1911-; U.S. physicist

See wheeler in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

American Confederate general and politician. One of the South's most popular and aggressive commanders, he later served as U.S. representative from Georgia (1881-1883 and 1885-1900) and sought reconciliation between the North and South.

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