Dictionary Definition
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Walker
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːkə(r)
Noun
- 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
- often in plural a shoe designed for comfortable walking
- 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
- Finnish: rollaattori (for persons with walking difficulties)
- Portuguese: andador
a shoe designed for comfortable walking
- Finnish: kävelykenkä
- Swedish: gångsko
a person who walks (or waulks) cloth
Translations to be checked
- ttbc French: marcheur, déambulateur
- ttbc Indonesian : pejalan (kaki)
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Walker may refer to:
- Pedestrian, a person traveling by walking
- Walker (surname)
In geography:
- Walker, Iowa, U.S.
- Walker Lake, Nevada, U.S.
- Walker, Louisiana, U.S.
- Walker, Michigan, U.S.
- Walker, Minnesota, U.S.
- Walker, Missouri, U.S.
- Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Walker Pass, in California, U.S.
- Walker River, Nevada
- Walker, West Virginia, also called Floe
In modern culture:
- Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool, England
- Walker Art Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
- Walker (computer game), an Amiga 500 game
- Walker (film), a 1987 film about William Walker
- Walker (Star Wars), a vehicle from the Star Wars films
- Walker, Texas Ranger, an American television program
- The Walker, a 2007 film written and directed by Paul Schrader
In other usage:
- Walker (machine), a vehicle that moves on legs rather than wheels or tracks
- Walker (tool), a tool to help the infirm to get around
- Walkers, a snack food manufacturer in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
- J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd, English Organ Builders
See also
- Walking (disambiguation)
- Walker tariff, an 1846 U.S. tariff
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