walker

¹

[waw-ker]

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.

Walker

²

[waw-ker]

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.

walker

¹

/ 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

Walker

²

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of walker¹

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

Example Sentences

The body of a German walker, who had been missing for more than five weeks, has been found on the Isle of Skye.

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One of them, who was 100, was on the third floor and roaming the dark, empty hallways with a walker when she was discovered.

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Joanne, a dog walker, came across "over a dozen" large nitrous oxide canisters scattered on the grass during one of her frequent walks at the beauty spot on 12 October.

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When the knifeman spotted a dog walker he "straight away attacked him ... so many times", she added.

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Conrad went to the bedroom to grab his father’s walker.

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