# walker
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈwɔːkə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈwɔkɚ/
* (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈwɑkɚ/
* Homophone: waulker
* Hyphenation: walk‧er
* Rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

walker (plural walkers)
* 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.
** 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 118:I would ask for the pleasure of your company, Mr. Knightley, but I am a very slow walker, and my pace would be tedious to you; and, besides, you have another long walk before you, to Donwell Abbey.
** 2005, Carlo De Vito, 10 Secrets My Dog Taught Me: Life Lessons from a Man's Best Friend, page 88:We hired a walker for the dogs during the day.
** 2023 July 2, Brandon Griggs, “We’re multitasking while walking our dogs. Animal experts say this is a problem”, in CNN‎:A distracted walker also may be missing an opportunity to bond with their dog, says Burch of the American Kennel Club. “Interacting and having fun together forms a bond that can last a lifetime,” she says.
** 2024 September 6, Isla Harvey, “The 10 most comfortable walking shoes, according to podiatrists and shoe experts”, in CNN‎:To better help you in your quest, we asked multiple podiatrists and seasoned long-distance walkers exactly what to look for when selecting the best walking shoes.
* A walking frame or baby walker.
    Hyponyms: walking frame, baby walker, Zimmer frame
* (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
* (fiction) A zombie.
** 1980, Gary Brandner, chapter 17, in Walkers (fiction; paperback), Fawcett Publications, →ISBN:Dead people, walkers, as you call them, are somehow, and for some reason, attacking.
* A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
** 1980 December 29, New York, volume 14, number 1, page 26:He's really just a 'walker' for old ladies!" Walkers, now, are a special breed of pilot fish — entertaining male escorts.
** 1981, Spare rib: Volumes 108-119:Women at the top — Lady Di and Nancy Reagan in particular — apparently have 'walkers' — men to escort them on public and private occasions providing a respectable cover, while the male who is their sexual partner is off on more pressing business.
** 1984, Clemens David Heymann, Poor little rich girl: the life and legend of Barbara Hutton:In the vernacular of the trade, he was what is commonly known as "a walker" — an entertaining male escort who is usually sexually unthreatening […]
** 2007, The Walker (film about a male escort)
* A gressorial bird.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
* (law) A forester.
* (science fiction) A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
** 2011, Dave Wolverton, The Courtship of Princess Leia: Star Wars Legends, page 144:Two of the walkers circled the pillars. Their searchlights played through the trees, then turned back to Leia and the others.
** 2019, Joe Meno, BrickJournal #60, page 37:It also takes a good amount of inspiration from Metal Gear Solid 4's biomechanical designs, namely the Gekko walkers and their synthetic musculature.
* (cricket) A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
* (Philippines) A prostitute, streetwalker.
** 2019 June 22, Charisse Ursal, “Social media lures young people to engage in sex for money”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer‎:A single mother of three, Rachel is what Facebook users call as “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.

##### Usage notes

The meaning "zombie" is used especially in reference to The Walking Dead; in that series, the term "walker" is usually used, rather than "zombie".

##### Synonyms

* walking frame
* rollator
* (British) Zimmer frame, zimmer frame

##### Derived terms

* baby walker
* bear walker
* CAM walker
* dogwalker
* fieldwalker
* fire walker
* floor-walker
* highwire walker
* high-wire walker
* jaywalker
* jay-walker
* line walker
* mall walker
* planeswalker
* race walker
* random walker
* shop-walker
* skinwalker
* slackrope walker
* stiltwalker
* tightrope walker
* wing walker

##### Descendants

* → Irish: válcaeir
* → Persian: واکر (vâker)

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

walker (plural walkers)
* Alternative form of waulker

##### Derived terms

* walker's earth

### Further reading

* walker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* walker (mobility) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* rewalk

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English walker, from Middle English walkere, from Old English wealcere.

### Noun

walker
* (slang) a prostitute

## Manx
### Etymology

From walk (“waulk, full, tuck”) +‎ -er.

### Noun

walker m (genitive singular walker, plural walkeryn)
* tucker
    Synonym: walkeyder

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

walker
* Alternative form of walkere (“traveller”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

walker
* Alternative form of walkere (“fuller”)