walker

English Online Dictionary. What means walker‎? What does walker mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔkɚ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑkɚ/
• Homophone: waulker
• Hyphenation: walk‧er
• Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk +‎ -er.

Noun

walker (plural walkers)

1. 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.
2. A walking frame or baby walker.

   Hyponyms: walking frame, baby walker, Zimmer frame

3. (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (fiction) A zombie.
5. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
   • 2007, The Walker (film about a male escort)
6. A gressorial bird.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
7. (law) A forester.
8. (science fiction) A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
9. (cricket) A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
10. (Philippines) A prostitute, streetwalker.

Usage notes

The meaning 'zombie' is used especially in reference to The Walking Dead; in that series, the term 'walker' is usually used, rather than 'zombie'.

Synonyms

• walking frame
• rollator
• (British) Zimmer frame, zimmer frame

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Irish: válcaeir
• → Persian: واکر (vâker)

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

walker (plural walkers)

1. Alternative form of waulker

Derived terms

• walker's earth

Further reading

• walker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• walker (mobility) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• rewalk

Cebuano

Etymology

From English walker, from Middle English walkere, from Old English wealcere.

Noun

walker

1. (slang) a prostitute

Manx

Etymology

From walk (“waulk, full, tuck”) +‎ -er.

Noun

walker m (genitive singular walker, plural walkeryn)

1. tucker

   Synonym: walkeyder

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

walker

1. Alternative form of walkere (“traveller”)

Etymology 2

Noun

walker

1. Alternative form of walkere (“fuller”)