wheeler noun5 •Someone who operates a wheel. •[in compounds] A vehicle having the specified number or type of wheels."Excellent," said Sherlock Holmes. "Send the boy for a four-wheeler, and we shall be off at once." — 1893 •(UK, historical) A sett in a stoneway.These wheelers are now made from the same class of rock as the rest of the pavement, […] — 1894 •(no longer used) A wheelwright, a wheelmaker. •(no longer used) A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).How proud felt Pierre: In fancy’s eye, he saw the horse-ghosts a-tandem in the van; “These are but wheelers”—cried young Pierre—“the leaders are the generations.” — 1852 formswheelers