an enclosing framework on casters or wheels for supporting a baby who is learning to walk.
a similar mobility aid, usually a waist-high four-legged framework of lightweight metal, for support or balance while walking.
Informal. Usually Walker Walker hound.
a person or thing that walks or likes to walk.
He's a great walker.
Theater Slang. an extra or supernumerary.
Slang. a musician required by a union contract to be hired and paid full salary even when not needed for performance.
Alice, born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
David, 1785–1830, U.S. abolitionist.
James John Jimmy, 1881–1946, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1926–32.
John, born 1952, New Zealand track-and-field athlete.
Sarah Breedlove 1867–1919, U.S. businesswoman and philanthropist.
a city in W Michigan.
a male given name.
a person who walks
Also called: baby walker. a tubular frame on wheels or castors to support a baby learning to walk
a similar support for walking, often with rubber feet, for use by disabled or infirm people
a woman's escort at a social event
let me introduce my walker for tonight
Alice ( Malsenior ). born 1944, US writer: her works include In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women (1973) and the novels Meridian (1976), The Color Purple (1982), and Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992)
Sir John. born 1952, New Zealand middle-distance runner, the first athlete to run one hundred sub-four-minute miles
If you get from one place to another using the power of your own two legs, you're a walker. Whether you stroll, saunter, or stride, you can still describe yourself as a walker. You can also call a walker a pedestrian, or if they walk on wooded trails and up hilly slopes, a hiker. There's an entirely different meaning of this word as well — a walker is also a supportive frame that elderly people or people with disabilities can use to help them get around. Even if you use a walker for stability when you walk, you're still a walker!
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Prosecutors from the state attorney general’s office announced the charges against Adam Walker, former secretary of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, at a news conference.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
Relief pitchers Brubaker and Walker also added similar references to the Old Testament passage about rainbows being a “covenant between God and every living creature” on their caps.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
Channel 5 news presenter and former BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker, Radio 2's DJ Spoony, and Ball's breakfast show sidekicks Mike Williams and Richie Anderson were also among those who sent good wishes.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
“Uranus is the planet of sudden shakeups—it might feel like there’s an energy of instability,” said astrologer and energy healer Kesaine Walker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
The Walker never said it was a stone creature!
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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