WALKER

walker, baby-walker, go-cart

(noun) an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk

walker, Zimmer, Zimmer frame

(noun) a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk

walker

(noun) a shoe designed for comfortable walking

pedestrian, walker, footer

(noun) a person who travels by foot

Walker, Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker

(noun) United States writer (born in 1944)

Walker, John Walker

(noun) New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

walker (plural walkers)

The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

A walking frame.

Synonyms: walking frame, Zimmer frame

(often, in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.

A zombie.

A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.

(law) A forester.

(scifi) A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.

Synonyms

• walking frame

• rollator

• (British) Zimmer frame, zimmer frame

Etymology 2

Noun

walker (plural walkers)

(now rare) synonym of fuller.

Anagrams

• rewalk

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Walker (plural Walkers)

A northern English surname from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.

A male given name from surnames.

A placename

A location in the United States of America.

A city in Iowa, United States.

A city in Louisiana, United States.

A city in Michigan, United States.

A small city, the county seat of Cass County, Minnesota, United States.

A city in Missouri, United States.

A census-designated place in Mono County, California, United States.

A location in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref NZ2864).

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Walker is the 31^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523,129 individuals. Walker is most common among White (58.7%) and Black/African American (35.1%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Interjection

Walker

(UK, archaic, slang) Expressing scornful rejection or disbelief.

Synonyms

• fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, pull the other one; see also bullshit

Anagrams

• rewalk

Source: Wiktionary

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Walk"er, n.

1. One who walks; a pedestrian.

2. That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.] Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman.

3. (Law)

Definition: A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.

4. Etym: [AS. wealcere. See Walk, v. t., 3.]

Definition: A fuller of cloth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] She cursed the weaver and the walker The cloth that had wrought. Percy's Reliques.

5. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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