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What (who) is wheeler-dealer - definition
wheeler-dealer
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
Wheeler dealer
(wheeler-dealers)
If you refer to someone, especially in business or politics, as a wheeler-dealer, you disapprove of the way that they try to succeed or to get what they want, often by dishonest or unfair methods.
N-COUNT [disapproval]
wheeler-dealer
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
Wheeler dealer
(also wheeler and dealer)
¦ noun a person who engages in commercial or political scheming.
Derivatives
wheeler-dealing noun
John Wheeler-Bennett
ENGLISH HISTORIAN
John Wheeler Bennett; Wheeler-Bennett, John; Wheeler-Bennett, John W.; John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett
Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett (13 October 1902 – 9 December 1975) was a conservative English historian of German and diplomatic history, and the official biographer of King George VI. He was well known in his lifetime, and his interpretation of the role of the German Army influenced a number of British historians.
Examples of use of wheeler-dealer
1. He is a master wheeler–dealer, Amir Peretz claims.
2. The young Fahd was known as a technocrat and political wheeler–dealer.
3. The former secretary of state has given the term "wheeler–dealer" a good name.
4. "Olmert already has the image of a wheeler–dealer, so the latest report makes no difference.
5. A Uighur, Polat is a wheeler–dealer working on the fringes of society.