Definitions for walkerˈwɔ kər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

walk•erˈwɔ kər(n.)

  1. an enclosing framework on casters or wheels for supporting a baby who is learning to walk.

  2. a similar device, usu. a waist-high four-legged framework of lightweight metal, for use by an infirm or disabled person as a support while walking.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. one that walks or likes to walk.

  4. a man who makes himself available as public escort for a society woman.

Origin of walker:

1325–75

Walk•erˈwɔ kər(n.)

  1. Alice,born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

    Category: Biography

  2. James John (Jimmy), 1881–1946, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1926–32.

    Category: Biography

Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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)

  2. Walker, Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker(noun)

    United States writer (born in 1944)

  3. pedestrian, walker, footer(noun)

    a person who travels by foot

  4. walker(noun)

    a shoe designed for comfortable walking

  5. 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

  6. walker, baby-walker, go-cart(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. walker(Noun)

    : a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

  2. walker(Noun)

    A walking frame.

  3. walker(Noun)

    A shoe designed for comfortable walking.

  4. walker(Noun)

    A person who walks (or waulks) cloth, that is, who fulls it.

  5. walker(Noun)

    A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.

  6. Walker(ProperNoun)

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

  7. Origin: walkere, from wealcere.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Walker(noun)

    one who walks; a pedestrian

  2. Walker(noun)

    that with which one walks; a foot

  3. Walker(noun)

    a forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester

  4. Walker(verb)

    a fuller of cloth

  5. Walker(verb)

    any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect


Translations for walker

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

walker(noun)

a person who goes walking for pleasure

We met a party of walkers as we were going home.

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