# Walker
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Walker (countable and uncountable, plural Walkers)
* A northern English surname originating as an occupation from the occupation of treating cloth by "walking" it.
** 2021 December 17, Rachel Janfaza, “Herschel Walker campaign deletes a false claim saying the Republican candidate for Senate graduated from college”, in CNN‎:Walker – a Republican frontrunner in the race for Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock’s seat who has racked up high-profile endorsements from both former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell – released a statement to the AJC on his college trajectory.
* A male given name transferred from the surname.
* A placename
** A location in the United States:
*** A settlement in Yavapai County, Arizona.
*** A census-designated place in Mono County, California.
*** An unincorporated community in Macon County, Illinois.
*** A minor city in Linn County, Iowa.
*** An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Kansas.
*** A city in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
*** A city in Kent County, Michigan.
*** A minor city, the county seat of Cass County, Minnesota.
*** A minor city in Vernon County, Missouri.
*** An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
*** An unincorporated community in Cranmoor, Wood County, Wisconsin.
*** A number of townships, in Arkansas (3), Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Michigan, Missouri (3), Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania (4).
** A location in the United Kingdom:
*** A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2864).
** A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

##### Derived terms

* GW
* GWB
* W
* Walker County
* Walkerian
* Walkerism
* Walkerville

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Walker is the 31st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523,129 individuals. Walker is most common among White (58.7%) and Black/African American (35.1%) individuals.

##### See also

* Fuller
* Tucker

### Etymology 2

From Hookey Walker.

#### Interjection

Walker
* (UK, archaic, slang) Expressing scornful rejection or disbelief.
** 1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Stave Five:“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 one?” […] “Go and buy it.” “Walk-er!” exclaimed the boy. “No, no,” said Scrooge, “I am in earnest. Go and buy it, and tell ’em to bring it here, that I may give them the direction where to take it. Come back with the man, and I’ll give you a shilling. Come back with him in less than five minutes and I’ll give you half-a-crown!”

##### Synonyms

* fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

### Etymology 3

From Walking Liberty half dollar +‎ -er.

#### Noun

Walker (plural Walkers)
* (numismatic slang) A Walking Liberty half dollar.
** 2004 April 29, Larry Louks, “Walking Liberty Defect”, in rec.collecting.coins‎ (Usenet), retrieved 2023-01-03: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.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Walker.

### Anagrams

* rewalk

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German walker, welker, from Old High German walkāri, from Proto-West Germanic *walkārī; equivalent to walken (“to full, to walk wool”) +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Walker
* fuller, felt-maker

#### Derived terms

* Walkererde