walker

¹ American  

[waw-ker] / ˈwɔ kər /

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of walker

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

Example Sentences

No matter how long it took Abby to maneuver her walker, they encouraged her to move around by herself, while they waited.

From Literature

Some guests will be elderly with walkers and canes.

From Los Angeles Times

Three men, fellow walkers, came to help Dyer - strangers who she thanked for saving her life - alongside members of the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team and the emergency services.

From BBC

The boy could not imagine what was lucky about having to use a walker or losing your hair or your sight or your marbles or having to live in a place like Shady Glen.

From Literature

The inquest has heard that the area is a designated flood plain, but did not have signage warning walkers that the water level might be high at the time Xielo entered the water.

From BBC

Related Words

• hiker