wheelchair user en · NOUN
Meanings
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A person who is injured or disabled and uses a wheelchair for mobility, usually long-term.
"A number of companies claimed the dedicated space for wheelchairs is somehow a multi-user space. It isn't - the space for wheelchair users is prioritised for those users by law. That puts parents with pushchairs in conflict. […] A wheelchair user should not have to ask a parent with an unfolded buggy to move from that space, […].
2023 September 6, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Merseyrail and LNER top family-friendly survey”, in RAIL, number 991, page 15:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wheelchair users | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| wheelchair-user | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (17)
nl rolstoelgebruikster (person who uses a wheelchair) · fa ویلچری (person who uses a wheelchair) · ro utilizatoare de scaun rulant (person who uses a wheelchair) · de Rollstuhlfahrerin (person who uses a wheelchair) · da rullestolsbruger (person who uses a wheelchair) · nb rullestolbruker (person who uses a wheelchair) · pl wózkowicz (person who uses a wheelchair) · pl wózkowiczka (person who uses a wheelchair) · ru коля́сочник (person who uses a wheelchair) · ru коля́сочница (person who uses a wheelchair) · nl rolstoelgebruiker (person who uses a wheelchair) · ro utilizator de scaun rulant (person who uses a wheelchair) · de Rollstuhlfahrer (person who uses a wheelchair) · fi pyörätuolin käyttäjä (person who uses a wheelchair) · pt cadeirante (person who uses a wheelchair) · sv rullstolsanvändare (person who uses a wheelchair) · cs vozíčkář (person who uses a wheelchair)