walker
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.
Usually Walker .Informal. 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.
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Other definitions for Walker (2 of 2)
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 Breed·love [breed-luhv], /ˈbridˌlʌv/, 1867–1919, U.S. businesswoman and philanthropist.
a city in W Michigan.
a male given name.
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How to use walker in a sentence
Other than residents, delivery trucks and dog walkers, the streets are typically empty.
How Rolling Hills Estates residents woke up to the Tiger Woods crash: ‘Oh no, another one.’ | Ben Golliver | February 26, 2021 | Washington Postwalker’s vision was to bust up the ancient rules of marketplace commerce.
GameStop futures rally again. Should investors worry? | Bernhard Warner | February 3, 2021 | FortuneAt least one electrician told investigators “they were scared to raise a good-faith challenge due to fear of retaliation,” walker said.
Metrorail system still has work to do on safety, board says | Justin George | January 27, 2021 | Washington Postwalker has been the team’s primary defender against Brandon Ingram, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Kawhi Leonard, and he’s put in time against guys like Donovan Mitchell, Damian Lillard and Ja Morant.
He called walker to tell him to get ready to bring the Guard.
Outgoing Capitol Police chief: House, Senate security officials hamstrung efforts to call in National Guard | Carol D. Leonnig, Aaron Davis, Peter Hermann, Karoun Demirjian | January 11, 2021 | Washington Post
A few Republicans, such as Christie and walker, made their names battling the unions.
How Public Sector Unions Divide the Democrats | Daniel DiSalvo | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTChristie, walker, and Paul have all argued that the marriage issue is one better left to the states.
walker was not the only one who complained publicly about Jackson.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJeb is all set to legally change his name to “Scott walker.”
Todd wanted to know how walker managed to win a traditionally blue state, the same state President Barack Obama won twice.
walker had painted a picture he called "Spring," a young girl gathering primroses in a wood.
Mrs. walker fed the soldiers before the officers, thus causing an added delay in their departure.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyI'm just Tom walker, who they lay everything to, and who the boys expect to do all their dirty work for them.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesIt was recess again when they reached the school-house, where, as usual, Tom walker was leading the play.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesFor some reason Eloise had not now much dread of Tom walker, and expressed a desire to see him.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for walker (1 of 2)
/ (ˈwɔːkə) /
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
British Dictionary definitions for Walker (2 of 2)
/ (ˈwɔːkə) /
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
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