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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

/ ˈɔːə /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Walker

2

/ ˈɔːə /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of walker1

First recorded in 1325–75; walk, -er 1
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The famous walking route from the central belt to the Highlands takes walkers along the shores of Loch Lomond and across Rannoch Moor - one of the last wildernesses in Europe.

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Clusters of police officers stood at ease around courthouses and City Hall, drinking coffee and Red Bull, chatting with dog walkers, scrolling on their phones.

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Groups of locals and visiting walkers have been searching for him and wildlife cameras are being installed to see if they can spot him.

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There was one boxer who eventually abandoned her walker.

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She said it is for everyone: "We have people come along with babies in prams, people who have toddlers clambering over them, through to older people in wheelchairs and with walkers, it's really special."

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