Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
ward-heeler is a noun meaning "a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends". It carries one recorded sense.
a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ward-heeler come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.