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HEELER

Definition: HEELER

HEELER

Noun

1. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

2. A cock that strikes well with his heels or spurs.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "HEELER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references)

 

Synonyms within Context: HEELER

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Government

Politician, activist; candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front-runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in; supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker; lobbyist, contributor; party hack, ward heeler; regional candidate, favorite son; running mate, stalking horse; perpetual candidate, political animal.

Servility

Sycophant, parasite; toad, toady, toad-eater; tufthunter; snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens, hanger on, cavaliere servente, led captain, carpet knight; timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank; flatterer; doer of dirty work; ame damnee, tool; reptile; slave; (servant); courtier; beat, dead beat, doughface , heeler, homme de cour, sponger, sucker, tagtail, truckler.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Digital Photo Gallery: HEELER
 

"Blue Heeler Pup" by Sheila Broumley
Commentary: "A close up of our new Blue Heeler puppy - Sydney Blue - in a rare moment of stillness. :-)."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Expressions: HEELER

Expression using "HEELER": ward heeler. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "HEELER": naked-heeler, ward-heeler.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HEELER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

blue heeler

453

blue breeders heeler

7

blue heeler dog

126

heeler puppy

7

heeler queensland

94

blue heeler puppy sale

6

heeler red

62

blue heeler tick

6

blue heeler puppy

40

blue heeler training

5

australian blue heeler

40

blue heeler pic

5

blue heeler picture

31

australian blue cattle dog heeler

5

heeler dog

23

heeler texas

4

dog heeler red

21

heeler rescue

4

heeler lancashire

19

blue heeler picture puppy

4

heeler

17

australian blue dog heeler

4

australia blue heeler

16

blue heeler photo

4

blue heeler rescue

15

australia heeler

3

australian heeler

13

heeler queensland red

3

blue heeler pup

10

heeler puppy queensland

3

blue heeler queensland

9

heeler queensland rescue

3

dog heeler queensland

9

breed dog heeler

3

blue dog heeler picture

9

blue cattle dog heeler

3

heeler puppy red

8

heeler picture red

3

blue breed dog heeler

7

australian heeler red

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HEELER

Language Translations for "HEELER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏رجل أعمال محلي (ward heeler). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

кърпач (cobbler, mender). (various references)

   

French

  

balancier à talon (live heel boom attachment). (various references)

   

German

  

Befehlsempfänger (heelers, recipient of an order, underling). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sarokfelszegezõ, bizalmi ember. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eelerhay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

homem de confiana (henchman), galo que luta bem. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

посадчик каблука. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prišipetlja (hanger-on). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

muñidor (ward heeler). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

peşini bırakmayan kimse, adamı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: HEELER

Derivations

Words beginning with "HEELER": heelers. (additional references)

Words ending with "HEELER": cartwheeler, freewheeler, wheeler. (additional references)

Words containing "HEELER": cartwheelers, freewheelers, wheelers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"HEELER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eeler, Egeler, Habeler, haele, Hafler, Haseler, healper, Healter, heedle, heela, heele, heeli, heelo, heeze, Heile, Heiner, Heitler, hekler, helar, heleen, helleri, hellner, Henelik, hexer, hieger, hobelar, Hoeller, hyle, hylen, hyler, meeler, weeler. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: HEELER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: reheel.

Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-l-r"

-2 letters: heel, here, herl, leer, lehr, reel.

-3 letters: eel, ere, her, lee, ree.

-4 letters: eh, el, er, he, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-l-r"
 

+1 letter: heelers, reheels, wheeler.

 

+2 letters: cheerled, erewhile, ethereal, lechered, reheeled, wheedler, wheelers.

 

+3 letters: blethered, cheerlead, cheerless, chevelure, elsewhere, ephemeral, erewhiles, freewheel, gearwheel, hellebore, helleries, leathered, lecheries, reheeling, sheerlegs, sheltered, shelterer, telphered, wheedlers.

 

+4 letters: bellwether, cheerleads, chelicerae, chevelures, ephemerals, ethereally, freeholder, freewheels, gearwheels, heavenlier, heliometer, hellbender, hellebores, herculeses, lederhosen, lengthener, letterhead, prehensile, reschedule, shelterers, telephoner, waterwheel, wheelhorse.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Images: Digital Art
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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