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walker

/ˈwɔkɚ/

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What does walker mean?

noun

  1. 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.
  2. A walking frame or baby walker.
  3. A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
More meanings (27)

noun

  1. A zombie.
  2. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
  3. A gressorial bird.
  4. A forester.
  5. A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
  6. A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
  7. A prostitute, streetwalker.
  8. Alternative form of waulker.
  9. A Walking Liberty half dollar.
  10. (rare) One who walks (takes for a walk).

proper noun

  1. A northern English surname originating as an occupation from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A settlement in Yavapai County, Arizona.
  4. A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
  5. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois.
  6. A minor city in Linn County, Iowa.
  7. An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Kansas.
  8. A city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
  9. A city in Kent County, Michigan.
  10. A minor city, the county seat of Cass County, Minnesota.
  11. A minor city in Vernon County, Missouri.
  12. An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
  13. An unincorporated community in Cranmoor, Wood County, Wisconsin.
  14. A number of townships, in Arkansas (3), Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Michigan, Missouri (3), Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania (4).
  15. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2864).
  16. A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

interjection

  1. (archaic, slang) Expressing scornful rejection or disbelief.

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IPA pronunciation

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After leaving Walker Lake the sage-brush country began, and the freight rolled heavily over tracks that threw off visible layers of heat.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
I found my guide a first-rate walker and a good botanist, knowing the names of all the plants and trees in Welsh.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
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The walker is frequently tempted to turn and linger near some more than usually handsome one, whose blossoms are two thirds expanded.
Henry David ThoreauWild ApplesProject Gutenberg ebook #4066
And of Dave Walker, who fought to a standstill with his bare fists alone five men who had sworn to kill him.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe ForestProject Gutenberg ebook #9376
Mr. Walker was an observant man, who has since that time installed a number of waterworks systems and obtained several patents of his own.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820