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Walker

Noun

1 New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952) [syn: John Walker]
2 United States writer (born in 1944) [syn: Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker]
3 a person who travels by foot [syn: pedestrian, footer]
4 a shoe designed for comfortable walking
5 a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: Zimmer, Zimmer frame]
6 an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk [syn: baby-walker, go-cart]

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

  1. the agent noun of to walk; a person who walks, either as a pedestrian or in a walking race
  2. a framework device used to support either an infant learning to walk, or a person with walking difficulties
  3. often in plural a shoe designed for comfortable walking
  4. a person who walks (or waulks) cloth

Translations

the agent noun of to walk; a person who walks, either as a pedestrian or in a walking race
a framework device used to support either an infant learning to walk, or a person with walking difficulties
a shoe designed for comfortable walking
a person who walks (or waulks) cloth
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Extensive Definition

Walker may refer to:
In geography:
In modern culture:
In other usage:

See also

walker in German: Walker
walker in Spanish: Walker
walker in French: Walker
walker in Dutch: Walker
walker in Japanese: ウォーカー
walker in Norwegian: Walker
walker in Polish: Walker
walker in Volapük: Walker

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

ambulator, baby buggy, baby carriage, backpacker, foot passenger, foot soldier, foot traveler, footslogger, gocart, hiker, hitchhiker, hoofer, infantryman, jaywalker, marcher, paddlefoot, pedestrian, perambulator, peripatetic, pram, stroller, trailsman, tramper, walkist
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