Meaning

11 senses
  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.

    He decided to become a long-distance walker for charity events.

    ходо́кxodók, пешехо́дpešexód

  2. (rare)One who walks (takes for a walk).

  3. A walking frame or baby walker.

    The elderly woman used a walker to help her move around more easily.

  4. (in the plural, often)A shoe designed for comfortable walking.

    a shoe designed for comfortable walking

  5. A zombie.

  6. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.

  7. A gressorial bird.

  8. A forester.

  9. A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.

  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.

Examples

71 sentences
  1. He's a fast walker.

    Він швидко ходить.

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  2. I'm a slow walker.

    Я ходжу повільно.

    ruЯ медленно хожу.

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  3. I'm a fast walker.

    Я швидку ходжу.

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  4. Tom was always a big walker.

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  5. Tom sure is a fast walker.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
person who walks:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: walkers
Singularwalker
Pluralwalkers

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk:baby-walkergo-cart
  • a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk:ZimmerZimmer frame
  • United States writer (born in 1944):Alice WalkerAlice Malsenior Walker
  • New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less than 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952):John Walker
  • a person who travels by foot:pedestrianfooter

Word family

39 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a fast walker
  • fast walker
  • slow walker
  • dog walker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
walker — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto