- a person who walks
- Also called: baby walker a tubular frame on wheels or castors to support a baby learning to walk
- a similar support for walking, often with rubber feet, for use by disabled or infirm people
- a woman's escort at a social event
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walk•er /ˈwɔkɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a framework on small wheels for supporting a baby who is learning to walk.
- a similar device but without wheels, usually a waist-high, four-legged framework of lightweight metal, for use by an injured, or elderly disabled person as a support while walking.
- one that walks or likes to walk.
walk•er
(wô′kər),USA pronunciation n.
Walk•er (wô′kər),USA pronunciation n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- an enclosing framework on casters or wheels for supporting a baby who is learning to walk.
- a similar device, usually a waist-high four-legged framework of lightweight metal, for use by a weak or disabled person as a support while walking.
- Dog and Cat Breeds(usually cap.) [Informal.]See Walker hound.
- a person or thing that walks or likes to walk:He's a great walker.
- Show Business[Theater Slang.]an extra or supernumerary.
- Music and Dance[Slang.]a musician required by a union contract to be hired and paid full salary even when not needed for performance.
- 1325–75; Middle English; see walk, -er1
Walk•er (wô′kər),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical Alice, born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Biographical David, 1785–1830, U.S. abolitionist.
- Biographical James John (Jimmy), 1881–1946, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1926–32.
- Biographical John, born 1952, New Zealand track-and-field athlete.
- Place Namesa city in W Michigan. 15,088.
- a male given name.
Walker, +n.
- Biographical Alice, born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
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walker /ˈwɔːkə/ n
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Walker /ˈwɔːkə/ n
- Alice (Malsenior). born 1944, US writer: her works include In Love and Trouble: Stories of Black Women (1973) and the novels Meridian (1976), The Color Purple (1982), and Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992)
- Sir John. born 1952, New Zealand middle-distance runner, the first athlete to run one hundred sub-four-minute miles; won gold in the 1500 metres at the 1976 Olympics