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walker
1[ waw-ker ]
noun
- an enclosing framework on casters or wheels for supporting a baby who is learning to walk.
- a similar mobility aid, usually a waist-high four-legged framework of lightweight metal, for support or balance while walking.
- Usually Walker. Informal. Walker hound.
- a person or thing that walks or likes to walk:
He's a great walker.
- Theater Slang. an extra or supernumerary.
- 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
- Alice, born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- David, 1785–1830, U.S. abolitionist.
- James John Jimmy, 1881–1946, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1926–32.
- John, born 1952, New Zealand track-and-field athlete.
- Sarah Breed·love [breed, -luhv], 1867–1919, U.S. businesswoman and philanthropist.
- a city in W Michigan.
- a male given name.
walker
1/ ˈɔːə /
noun
- a person who walks
- Also calledbaby walker a tubular frame on wheels or castors to support a baby learning to walk
- a similar support for walking, often with rubber feet, for use by disabled or infirm people
- a woman's escort at a social event
let me introduce my walker for tonight
Walker
2/ ˈɔːə /
noun
- WalkerAlice (Malsenior)1944FUSWRITING: writer 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)
- WalkerSirJohn1952MNew ZealandSPORT AND GAMES: runner Sir John. born 1952, New Zealand middle-distance runner, the first athlete to run one hundred sub-four-minute miles
Example Sentences
One particularly adventurous walker was trying to make it up the mountain twice in one day with his dog Benji.
The area has now become a haven for wildlife with paths for walkers and cyclists.
The family of a dog walker killed by a psychiatric patient have said his death was "just the beginning of their nightmare" after learning his attacker has now been allowed out on visits.
A woman leaning on a walker approached the doors after getting out of her Uber.
Fires in the Mourne Mountains, County Down, have been brought under control, but walkers are being advised to avoid the area until further notice.
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