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Webster 1913 Edition
Walker
Walk′er
,Noun.
1.
One who walks; a pedestrian.
2.
That with which one walks; a foot.
[Obs.]
Lame Mulciber, his
walkers
quite misgrown. Chapman.
3.
(Law)
A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
4.
A fuller of cloth.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
She cursed the weaver and the
The cloth that had wrought.
walker
The cloth that had wrought.
Percy’s Reliques.
5.
(Zool.)
Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
Webster 1828 Edition
Walker
WALKER
,Noun.
1.
One who walks.2.
In our mother tongue, a fuller.3.
In law, a forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.4.
One who deports himself in a particular manner.5.
A fulling-mill. [Not in use or local.]Definition 2024
Walker
Walker
See also: walker
English
Proper noun
Walker
- A northern English surname from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A city in Iowa.
- A city in Louisiana.
- A city in Michigan.
- A city in Minnesota.
- A city in Missouri.
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Interjection
Walker
- (Britain, archaic, slang) Expressing scornful rejection or disbelief.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Stave Five:
- "Walk-ER!" exclaimed the boy (on being told by Scrooge to go and buy the prize turkey from the nearby poulterer's).
- 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Stave Five:
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walker
See also: Walker
English
Noun
walker (plural walkers)
- The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.
- 1816, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume 1 Chapter 8
- "I would ask for the pleasure of your company, Mr. Knightley, but I am a very slow walker, and my pace would be tedious to you; and, besides, you have another long walk before you, to Donwell Abbey."
- 2005, Carlo De Vito, 10 Secrets My Dog Taught Me: Life Lessons from a Man's Best Friend (page 88)
- We hired a walker for the dogs during the day.
- 1816, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume 1 Chapter 8
- A walking frame.
- (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
- A person who walks (or waulks) cloth, that is, who fulls it.
- A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
- 1980 December 29, New York Magazine, volume 14, page 26:
- He's really just a 'walker' for old ladies!" Walkers, now, are a special breed of pilot fish — entertaining male escorts
- 1981, Spare rib: Volumes 108-119
- Women at the top — Lady Di and Nancy Reagan in particular — apparently have 'walkers' — men to escort them on public and private occasions providing a respectable cover, while the male who is their sexual partner is off on more pressing business.
- 1984, Clemens David Heymann, Poor little rich girl: the life and legend of Barbara Hutton
- In the vernacular of the trade, he was what is commonly known as "a walker" — an entertaining male escort who is usually sexually unthreatening […]
- 2007, The Walker (film about a male escort)
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Synonyms
- (walking frame): walking frame, Zimmer frame
Derived terms
Terms derived from walker
Translations
person who walks
walking frame
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shoe designed for comfortable walking
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