wheelman noun3 •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. — 2012 •The steersman on a ship. •(old-fashioned) 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 […] — 1897 formswheelmen