wheelman

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wheelman

noun wheelmen · wheel-man · wheel man

  1. A driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise. For instance, the wheelman in a robbery; he doesn't intend for anyone to get killed when he pulls up in front of a liquor store so that his armed complice can rob the store.
  2. The steersman on a ship.
  3. dated A cyclist. Many wheelmen and wheelwomen, riding safeties, tandems and tricycles, stopped there during the evening and we had good opportunity for comparing American and English bicycles […]

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@misc{wheelman_2026,
  title = {wheelman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wheelman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}