Walter
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Walter
- /ˈwɒltə/ UK
- /ˈwɔːltə/ UK
- /ˈwɔltɚ/ US
- /ˈwɑltɚ/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɒltə(ɹ), -ɔːltə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
A Germanic name, from Middle English Walter, from Old Northern French Waltier, from Frankish *Waltheri (compare Old High German Waltheri, which see for more details), from Proto-West Germanic *Waldahari, from Proto-Germanic *Waldaharjaz, from *waldą (“ruler”) + *harjaz (“army, host”).
Related to Old English Waldhere. Compare herald and Harold, in which these elements are reversed.
proper noun
- A male given name from the Germanic languages. Whitmore. And so am I; my name is Walter Whitmore. / How now! why start'st thou? what! doth death affright? Suffolk. Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death. / A cunning man did calculate my birth, / And told me that by Water I should die. / Yet let not this make thee be bloody-minded; / Thy
- A surname. Prof Barbara Walter notes in her book How Civil Wars Start that two conditions are key: ethnic factionalism and anocracy – when a country is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic.
- An unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama, United States.
- A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wally, walt, walser, falter, halter, fernand, walther, gautier, gualtiero, valter, gauthier, walthari, wolter, wouter, valtteri, robert
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Talk about this word "Walter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/walter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Walter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/walter "Walter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/walter.Cite this
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title = {Walter},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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