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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun walker has 6 senses
- walker(n = noun.person) john walker - 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); Array is a kind of four-minute man
- walker(n = noun.person) alice malsenior walker, alice walker - United States writer (born in 1944); Array is a kind of author, writer
- walker(n = noun.person) footer, pedestrian - a person who travels by foot; Array is a kind of traveler, traveller
- walker(n = noun.artifact) Array - a shoe designed for comfortable walking; Array is a kind of shoe
- walker(n = noun.artifact) zimmer, zimmer frame - a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk; Array is a kind of framework
- walker(n = noun.artifact) baby-walker, go-cart - an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk; Array is a kind of framework
has particulars: hiker, tramp, tramper, hobbler, limper, jaywalker, marcher, parader, nondriver, passer, passer-by, passerby, peripatetic, rambler, ambler, saunterer, stroller, shuffler, reeler, staggerer, totterer, stalker, stamper, stomper, tramper, trampler, strider, stumbler, tripper, swaggerer, plodder, slogger, trudger, waddler, wayfarer
Derived forms verb walk1, verb walk4
Derived form verb walk4
Derived form verb walk4
Derived form verb walk4
CIDE DICTIONARY
walker, n.
- One who walks; a pedestrian. [1913 Webster]
- That with which one walks; a foot. [1913 Webster]"Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown." [1913 Webster]
- A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester. [1913 Webster]
- A fuller of cloth. [1913 Webster]"She cursed the weaver and the walker
The cloth that had wrought." [1913 Webster] - Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect. [1913 Webster]
- A shift superintendent or assistant superintendent who supervises several shifters(4} and their crews. Since these crews are usually separated by some distance, the walker is frequently seen walking between them. Also called
walking boss . [RH]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
walker, n.
1 a person or animal that walks.
2 a a wheeled or footed framework in which a baby can learn to walk. b = walking frame.
1 a person or animal that walks.
2 a a wheeled or footed framework in which a baby can learn to walk. b = walking frame.
THESAURUS
walker
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, walkistROGET THESAURUS
walker
Traveler
N traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter, tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, Alpine Club, peregrinator, wanderer, rover, straggler, rambler, bird of passage, gadabout, gadling, vagrant, scatterling, landloper, waifs and estrays, wastrel, foundling, loafer, tramp, tramper, vagabond, nomad, Bohemian, gypsy, Arab, Wandering Jew, Hadji, pilgrim, palmer, peripatetic, somnambulist, emigrant, fugitive, refugee, beach comber, booly, globegirdler, globetrotter, vagrant, hobo, night walker, sleep walker, noctambulist, runabout, straphanger, swagman, swagsman, trecker, trekker, zingano, zingaro, runner, courier, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, comet, pedestrian, walker, foot passenger, cyclist, wheelman, rider, horseman, equestrian, cavalier, jockey, roughrider, trainer, breaker, driver, coachman, whip, Jehu, charioteer, postilion, postboy, carter, wagoner, drayman, cabman, cabdriver, voiturier, vetturino, condottiere, engine driver, stoker, fireman, guard, chauffeur, conductor, engineer, gharry-wallah, gari-wala, hackman, syce, truckman, on the road.
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