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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 wheel·er /ˈhwilɚ/
 車夫,車輪製造人,後馬

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wheel·er n.
 1. One who wheels, or turns.
 2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.  [Obs.]
 3. A wheel horse.  See under Wheel.
 4. Naut. A steam vessel propelled by a paddle wheel or by paddle wheels; -- used chiefly in the terms side-wheeler and stern-wheeler.
 5. A worker on sewed muslin.  [Eng.]
 6. Zool. The European goatsucker.  [Prov. Eng.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Wheeler
      n 1: Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976) [syn: Sir Mortimer
            Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler]
      2: someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels [syn: wheelwright]
      3: the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
      4: a person who rides a bicycle [syn: cyclist, bicyclist, bicycler]
      5: a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels
         of a vehicle [syn: wheel horse]