Definition of WALKER

walker

Meanings

Plural: walkers

Noun

  • New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
  • United States writer (born in 1944)
  • a person who travels by foot
  • a shoe designed for comfortable walking
  • a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
  • an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
  • 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.
  • One who walks (takes for a walk).
  • A walking frame or baby walker.
  • A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
  • A zombie.
  • A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
  • A gressorial bird.
  • A forester.
  • A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
  • A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
  • A prostitute, streetwalker.
  • Alternative form of waulker.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

Alice Malsenior Walker, Alice Walker, baby-walker, footer, go-cart, John Walker, pedestrian, rollator, walking frame, Zimmer, zimmer frame, Zimmer frame

Scrabble Score: 13

walker is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
walker is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
walker is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

walker is a valid Words With Friends word