walker
IPA: wˈɔkɝ
noun
- 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.
- A walking frame or baby walker.
- (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
- A zombie.
- A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
- A gressorial bird.
- (law) A forester.
- (science fiction) A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
- (cricket) A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
- (Philippines) A prostitute, streetwalker.
- A northern English surname originating as an occupation from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A placename
- A location in the United States:
- A settlement in Yavapai County, Arizona.
- A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois.
- A minor city in Linn County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Kansas.
- A city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
- A city in Kent County, Michigan.
- A minor city, the county seat of Cass County, Minnesota.
- A minor city in Vernon County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Cranmoor, Wood County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships, in Arkansas (3), Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Michigan, Missouri (3), Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania (4).
- A location in the United Kingdom:
- A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2864).
- A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- (numismatic slang) A Walking Liberty half dollar.
- Alternative form of waulker [(historical, chiefly Scotland) Synonym of fuller.]
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Examples of "walker" in Sentences
- She is a walker.
- He is famous walker in the town.
- She was able to ambulate with a walker.
- Who is the walker passing by your house
- The fans adored Walker, as did the media.
- The throat between the walkers is adjustable.
- When a walker learned of this, he was remorseful.
- Walker was ruined by the war and died as a pauper.
- It is practicable although not for the casual walker.
- It also provides exercise and companionship for the walker.
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