walker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːkə/
ipa: /ˈwaːkæ/
ipa: /ˈwɔkɚ/
ipa: /ˈwɑkɚ/
homophone: waulker
rhymes: -ɔːkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: walkers
Etymology: From Middle English walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The park was full of morning walkers enjoying the fresh air.
text: He decided to become a long-distance walker for charity events.
text: 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.
ref: 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:
text: We hired a walker for the dogs during the day.
ref: 2005, Carlo De Vito, 10 Secrets My Dog Taught Me: Life Lessons from a Man's Best Friend, page 88:
text: 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.
ref: 2023 July 2, Brandon Griggs, “We’re multitasking while walking our dogs. Animal experts say this is a problem”, in CNN:
text: 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.
ref: 2024 September 6, Isla Harvey, “The 10 most comfortable walking shoes, according to podiatrists and shoe experts”, in CNN:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Accompanying her was Prinny, who was made very happy by this intimation that he was to be taken for a walk, an undertaking for which the servants generally drew lots, the dog’s mass being so considerable and energetic that the walker inevitably became the walkee.
ref: 1986, Maggie MacKeever, Lady Sherry and the Highwayman, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Crest, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Consequently, he had developed a new variation on an old habit. That of grabbing the leash between his teeth and pulling as hard as he could, making it look as if he were the walker, and the walker the walkee.
ref: 2009, Yvonne Sherwell, “Her Dog”, in Paranoid Pip, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 29:
text: I remember that walking a dog is a good way to get both the walker and the walkee in shape.
ref: 2013, Teresa Lynn Paris McDonnell, The Diet God, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 96:
coordinate_terms: walkee
glosses: One who walks (takes for a walk).
examples: text: The elderly woman used a walker to help her move around more easily.
synonyms: rollator
Zimmer frame
hyponyms: walking frame
baby walker
Zimmer frame
glosses: A walking frame or baby walker.
glosses: A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
examples: text: Dead people, walkers, as you call them, are somehow, and for some reason, attacking.
ref: 1980, Gary Brandner, chapter 17, in Walkers (fiction; paperback), Fawcett Publications, →ISBN:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A zombie.
examples: text: He's really just a 'walker' for old ladies!" Walkers, now, are a special breed of pilot fish — entertaining male escorts.
ref: 1980 December 29, New York, volume 14, number 1, page 26:
text: 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.
ref: 1981, Spare rib: Volumes 108-119:
text: In the vernacular of the trade, he was what is commonly known as "a walker" — an entertaining male escort who is usually sexually unthreatening […]
ref: [1984, Clemens David Heymann, Poor little rich girl: the life and legend of Barbara Hutton:
text: – Do you think they’re sausages? said Samia, a colleague whom Jane had brought along as her walker.
ref: 2015 July 26, Will Self, “Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
glosses: A gressorial bird.
topics: law
glosses: A forester.
examples: text: Two of the walkers circled the pillars. Their searchlights played through the trees, then turned back to Leia and the others.
ref: 2011, Dave Wolverton, The Courtship of Princess Leia: Star Wars Legends, page 144:
text: It also takes a good amount of inspiration from Metal Gear Solid 4s biomechanical designs, namely the Gekko walkers' and their synthetic musculature.
ref: 2019, Joe Meno, BrickJournal #60, page 37:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
examples: text: A single mother of three, Rachel is what Facebook users call as ^([sic]) “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.
ref: 2019 June 22, Charisse Ursal, “Social media lures young people to engage in sex for money”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer:
glosses: A prostitute, streetwalker.
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