Wheelman
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 A cyclist. dated
"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 […]"
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From wheel + -man.
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