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  walker

  noun

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

  noun

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

walker

¹ American  

[waw-ker] / ˈwɔ kər /

noun

• walkers
  plural

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

2. a similar mobility aid, usually a waist-high four-legged framework of lightweight metal, for support or balance while walking.

3. Informal. Usually Walker Walker hound.

4. a person or thing that walks or likes to walk.

   He's a great walker.

5. Theater Slang. an extra or supernumerary.

6. Slang. a musician required by a union contract to be hired and paid full salary even when not needed for performance.

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Walker ² American  

[waw-ker] / ˈwɔ kər /

noun

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

2. David, 1785–1830, U.S. abolitionist.

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

4. John, born 1952, New Zealand track-and-field athlete.

5. Sarah Breedlove 1867–1919, U.S. businesswoman and philanthropist.

6. a city in W Michigan.

7. a male given name.

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walker ¹ British  

/ ˈwɔːkə /

noun

1. a person who walks

2. Also called: baby walker.  a tubular frame on wheels or castors to support a baby learning to walk

3. a similar support for walking, often with rubber feet, for use by disabled or infirm people

4. a woman's escort at a social event

   let me introduce my walker for tonight

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Walker ² British  

/ ˈwɔːkə /

noun

1. 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)

2. Sir John. born 1952, New Zealand middle-distance runner, the first athlete to run one hundred sub-four-minute miles

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• walkers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of walker

First recorded in 1325–75; see origin at walk, -er ¹

Explanation

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!

Example Sentences

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Fox had had parts of his spleen, pancreas, and small and large intestine removed, and yet his tubes and catheter were out and he was already walking with a walker.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

“I’m generally very cautious about starting a GLP-1 in my older adult patients who have functional impairments, like needing a walker to ambulate or needing assistance with transferring from a bed to a chair.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

It was achieved by putting one foot directly in front of the other, much like a tight-rope walker.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Four days later, Varley sent his mother Karen Graham, a video of Preston in his walker, and she replied: "Clever boy xxx"

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Like, if we leave her Crocodile walker at the top of the hill.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

In this two-part episode that concludes the series’ sixth season, Curry plays Marion, the strange brother of John Cleese’s Lyle Finster, about to marry Megan Mullally’s Karen Walker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Diageo–which makes Guinness stout and Johnnie Walker whisky–this month said it aims to save some $1 billion in total through an operational overhaul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

But fellow Scots Euan Walker and Connor Syme were among those in a share of 10th place on four under.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

House had asked Walker the moment the glowing corona of totality disappeared and the sun re-emerged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

On May 20, a team of FBI agents raided a Maryland hotel room where a man named John Anthony Walker was staying.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Today, the park is Greenville’s heart and lungs, frequented by joggers, walkers and cyclists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The woodland park is now popular with walkers and has views of the nearby Pentland Hills.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

It's remarkable because India remains, above all, a nation of walkers.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

He began hauling chairs and a stack of conversation prompts to parks across New York, inviting commuters, dog walkers and tourists to sit down and talk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

"The giants I've seen, the children I've heard tell of, and the white walkers . . , why do you want to know?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Related Words

• hiker