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From wheel + -s- + man.
wheelsman (plural wheelsmen)
- (nautical) helmsman
- Alternative form of wheelman (“getaway driver”)
1988, Dwight V. Swain, Joye R. Swain, Film Scriptwriting: A Practical Manual, page 103:All else lies subordinate to those wild moments of excitement in which, quite possibly, he'll match his skill as a wheelsman against the cops.
