freewheeler
Americannoun
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a vehicle that can freewheel.
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a person who works or lives in an independent, often daring, way.
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a person who is primarily concerned with having a good time.
Etymology
Origin of freewheeler
Example Sentences
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Just a few hours into the opening round of this strange US Open it appeared a fortnight without fans might belong to freewheelers comfortable in an empty bar rather than those desperate for friends.
From The Guardian
A maitre'd of the globe as much as a chef, he built an empire out of his comportment, a charismatic freewheeler who'd cut his teeth in New York kitchens.
From Salon
Gold had been found just a few miles from town and every panhandler and freewheeler who had ever seen a newspaper headline was heading for Dawson, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers.
From The Guardian
You have probably heard it yourself: the impression that millennials are financial freewheelers.
From New York Times
It would be naïve to deny that Ono’s fame will draw more visitors to the museum than will Fluxus, the movement of avant-gardist freewheelers with which she’s most closely associated.
From The New Yorker
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