walker

UK: /ˈwɔːkə/ US: /ˈwɔkɚ/ ,(wô′kər)

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walk•er /ˈwɔkɚ/   n. [countable]

1. a framework on small wheels for supporting a baby who is learning to walk.
2. 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.
3. one that walks or likes to walk.

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walk•er  (wô′kər), n. 

1. an enclosing framework on casters or wheels for supporting a baby who is learning to walk.
2. 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.
3. Dog and Cat Breeds (usually cap.) [Informal.] See Walker hound. 
4. a person or thing that walks or likes to walk:
   He's a great walker.
5. Show Business [Theater Slang.] an extra or supernumerary.
6. 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), n. 

1. Biographical Alice, born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
2. Biographical David, 1785–1830, U.S. abolitionist.
3. Biographical James John (Jimmy), 1881–1946, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1926–32.
4. Biographical John, born 1952, New Zealand track-and-field athlete.
Sarah Breed•love  (brēd′luv′), 1867–1919, U.S. businesswoman and philanthropist.
5. Place Names a city in W Michigan. 15,088.
6. a male given name.

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walker / ˈwɔːkə/ noun

1. a person who walks
2. Also called: baby walker a tubular frame on wheels or castors to support a baby learning to walk
3. a similar support for walking, often with rubber feet, for use by disabled or infirm people
4. a woman's escort at a social event

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Walker, +n. 

1. Biographical Alice, born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

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Walker / ˈwɔːkə/ noun

1. 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)
2. 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