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walker¹

  • /ˈwɔːkə/ UK
  • /ˈwaːkæ/ Northumbria, UK
  • /ˈwɔkɚ/ US
  • /ˈwɑkɚ/ cot caught merger

Sounds like waulker · Rhymes with -ɔːkə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

noun 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. The park was full of morning walkers enjoying the fresh air.
  2. rare One who walks (takes for a walk). Accompanying her was Prinny, who was made very happy by this intimation that he was to be taken for a walk, an undertaking for which the servants generally drew lots, the dog’s mass being so considerable and energetic that the walker inevitably became the walkee.
  3. A walking frame or baby walker. The elderly woman used a walker to help her move around more easily.

    Similar: rollator, Zimmer frame

  4. in plural, often A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
  5. A zombie. Dead people, walkers, as you call them, are somehow, and for some reason, attacking.
  6. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event. He's really just a 'walker' for old ladies!" Walkers, now, are a special breed of pilot fish — entertaining male escorts.
  7. A gressorial bird.
  8. A forester.
  9. A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion. Two of the walkers circled the pillars. Their searchlights played through the trees, then turned back to Leia and the others.
  10. A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
  11. Philippines A prostitute, streetwalker. A single mother of three, Rachel is what Facebook users call as ^([sic]) “walker,” or an online sex worker. Using a dummy account, she posts her sexy photos and informs page visitors that she’s available for sex in exchange for money.

walker²

  • /ˈwɔːkə/ UK
  • /ˈwaːkæ/ Northumbria, UK
  • /ˈwɔkɚ/ US
  • /ˈwɑkɚ/ cot caught merger

Sounds like waulker · Rhymes with -ɔːkə(ɹ)

noun walkers

  1. alternative Alternative form of waulker

Walker³

  • /ˈwɔːkɚ/
  • /ˈwɔːkə/

proper noun Walkers

  1. countable, uncountable A northern English surname originating as an occupation from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it. But Walker said going forward he’s not opposed to forcing Democrats to take the heat if there is a standoff over the same issues in February, but said his party needs to do a better job laying the groundwork.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, uncountable A settlement in Yavapai County, Arizona.
  4. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois.
  6. countable, uncountable A minor city in Linn County, Iowa.
  7. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Kansas.
  8. countable, uncountable A city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
  9. countable, uncountable A city in Kent County, Michigan.
  10. countable, uncountable A minor city, the county seat of Cass County, Minnesota.
  11. countable, uncountable A minor city in Vernon County, Missouri.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
  13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Cranmoor, Wood County, Wisconsin.
  14. countable, uncountable A number of townships, in Arkansas (3), Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Michigan, Missouri (3), Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania (4).
  15. countable, uncountable A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2864).
  16. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Walker⁴

  • /ˈwɔːkɚ/
  • /ˈwɔːkə/

Where it comes from

From Hookey Walker.

interjection

  1. UK, archaic, slang Expressing scornful rejection or disbelief. “Do you know the Poulterer’s, in the next street but one, at the corner?” Scrooge inquired. “I should hope I did,” replied the lad. “An intelligent boy!” said Scrooge. “A remarkable boy! Do you know whether they’ve sold the prize Turkey that was hanging up there?—Not the little prize Turkey: the big

    Similar: fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, pull the other one

Walker⁵

  • /ˈwɔːkɚ/
  • /ˈwɔːkə/

noun Walkers

  1. A Walking Liberty half dollar. I snagged this 1943 Walker on eBay the other day, and pulled it out of my mailbox today. It's in an ANACS holder, graded MS64. The auction photo was such that I could see what appeared to be something on the coin, but couldn't tell if it was a scratch, a cracked die, or what.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pedestrian, footer, go-cart, baby-walker, tourist, seeker, baby, acre, zombie, fleetwood, harbison, whitman, lafond, eyre, pupo, stroller

Translations

Every language

noun person who walks

Españolcaminante, andante
Portuguêsandarilho, caminhante
Françaismarcheur
Italianocamminatore
Ελληνικάπεζοπόρος pezopóros, περιπατητής peripatitís
Русскийходо́к xodók, пешехо́д pešexód
العربيةمَاشٍ māšin

noun walking frame

Españolandador, andadera, andarivel, pollera, tacataca, tacatá
Portuguêsandador
Françaisdéambulateur
Italianodeambulatore

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Chicago

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@misc{walker_2026,
  title = {walker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/walker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}