English Explanatory Dictionary

walker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. One who walks (takes for a walk).
  3. A walking frame or baby walker.
  4. A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
  5. A zombie.
  6. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
  7. A gressorial bird.
  8. A forester.
  9. A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
  10. A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
  11. A prostitute, streetwalker.
noun
  1. Alternative form of waulker.
name
  1. A northern English surname originating as an occupation from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A placename:
  4. A location in the United States:
  5. A settlement in Yavapai County, Arizona.
  6. A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
  7. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois.
  8. A minor city in Linn County, Iowa.
  9. An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Kansas.
  10. A city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
  11. A city in Kent County, Michigan.
  12. A minor city, the county seat of Cass County, Minnesota.
intj
  1. Expressing scornful rejection or disbelief.
noun
  1. A Walking Liberty half dollar.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɔːkə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-walker.wav /ˈwaːkæ/ /ˈwɔkɚ/ /ˈwɑkɚ/ En-au-Walker.ogg

Word forms

walker walkers

Etymology

From Middle English walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk + -er.

Synonyms

rollator Zimmer frame fiddlesticks horsefeathers pull the other one

Related words

Fuller Tucker

Derived words

baby walker bear walker CAM walker dogwalker fieldwalker fire walker floor-walker highwire walker high-wire walker jaywalker jay-walker line walker mall walker planeswalker race walker random walker shop-walker skinwalker slackrope walker stiltwalker tightrope walker wing walker walker's earth Dandy-Walker malformation Dandy-Walker syndrome GW GWB Marden-Walker syndrome W Walker County Walkerian Walkerism Walkerville Walker-Warburg syndrome
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