Definitions for walkerˈwɔ kər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
walk•erˈwɔ kər(n.)
an enclosing framework on casters or wheels for supporting a baby who is learning to walk.
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
one that walks or likes to walk.
a man who makes himself available as public escort for a society woman.
Origin of walker:
1325–75
Walk•erˈwɔ kər(n.)
Alice,born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
Category: Biography
James John (Jimmy), 1881–1946, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1926–32.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
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)
Walker, Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker(noun)
United States writer (born in 1944)
pedestrian, walker, footer(noun)
a person who travels by foot
walker(noun)
a shoe designed for comfortable walking
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, baby-walker, go-cart(noun)
an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
Wiktionary
walker(Noun)
: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.
walker(Noun)
A walking frame.
walker(Noun)
A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
walker(Noun)
A person who walks (or waulks) cloth, that is, who fulls it.
walker(Noun)
A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
Walker(ProperNoun)
A northern English occupational surname from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.
Origin: walkere, from wealcere.
Webster Dictionary
Walker(noun)
one who walks; a pedestrian
Walker(noun)
that with which one walks; a foot
Walker(noun)
a forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester
Walker(verb)
a fuller of cloth
Walker(verb)
any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect
Translations for walker
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- stapperAfrikaans
- مُتَجَوِّل، مُتَنَزِّه مَشْيا على الأقْدامArabic
- човек, който обича да се разхождаBulgarian
- caminhantePortuguese (BR)
- chodecCzech
- der/die Spaziergänger(in)German
- vandrerDanish
- περιπατητήςGreek
- paseante; excursionistaSpanish
- jalutajaEstonian
- گردش كنندهFarsi
- kävelijäFinnish
- promeneur/-euseFrench
- צוֹעֵדHebrew
- चलने वालाHindi
- hodačCroatian
- sétálóHungarian
- pejalan kakiIndonesian
- göngumaðurIcelandic
- pedoneItalian
- 散歩する人Japanese
- 보행자Korean
- vaikštinėtojas, pėsčiasisLithuanian
- []gājējsLatvian
- pejalan kakiMalay
- wandelaarDutch
- turgåerNorwegian
- spacerowiczPolish
- caminhantePortuguese
- persoană care se plimbăRomanian
- гуляющийRussian
- chodecSlovak
- sprehajalecSlovenian
- šetačSerbian
- fotvandrare, flanörSwedish
- คนที่ชอบเดินเล่นThai
- yürüyen, yürüyüşçüTurkish
- 散步者Chinese (Trad.)
- ходакUkrainian
- پیدل چلنے والاUrdu
- người đi bộVietnamese
- 散步者Chinese (Simp.)
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