wheelman

wheelman

English

Etymology

wheel +‎ -man

Noun

wheelman (plural wheelmen)

1. A driver of an automobile, especially a getaway vehicle in a criminal enterprise.
2. The steersman on a ship.
3. (dated) A cyclist.
   • 1897, American Architect and Architecture (volumes 57-58, page 51)

     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 […]

Anagrams

• whalemen