online medical dictionary | definition of wheeler

1. One who wheels, or turns.

2. A maker of wheels; a wheelwright.

3. A wheel horse. See Wheel.

4. 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.

6. <zoology> The European goatsucker.

(01 Mar 1998)