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wheel⋅man

  [hweel-muhn, weel-]
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–noun, plural -men.
1. Also, wheels⋅man  [hweelz-muhn, weel-] . a helmsman or steersman.
2. a rider of a bicycle, tricycle, or the like.
3. Slang.
a. a driver, esp. a chauffeur: The mobster's wheelman was also his bodyguard.
b. a person who drives the getaway car in a holdup or robbery.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; wheel + -man
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wheel·man   (hwēl'mən, wēl'-)   
n.  

  1. Nautical One who steers a ship; a helmsman.

  2. The driver of an automobile, especially of a getaway car.

  3. A bicyclist.

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