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Walker   /wˈɔkər/   Listen
noun
Walker  n.  
1.
One who walks; a pedestrian.
2.
That with which one walks; a foot. (Obs.) "Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown."
3.
(Law) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
4.
A fuller of cloth. (Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.) "She cursed the weaver and the walker The cloth that had wrought."
5.
(Zool.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
6.
(construction, tunneling) A shift superintendent or assistant superintendent who supervises several shifters (4) and their crews. Since these crews are usually separated by some distance, the walker is frequently seen walking between them. Also called walking boss.
7.
A low frame having casters or wheels, designed to enclose a baby on its sides and provide support while the baby is learning to walk; it usually has a seat so that the baby can sit while not walking.
Synonyms: go-cart, baby-walker.
8.
A low rectangular frame of light metal about waist high, usually having two horizontal arms mounted on four legs with an open rear, designed to be carried or pushed in front of a person whose legs are impaired, to provide support while walking; it may have wheels on two of the four legs.






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"Walker" Quotes from Famous Books



... the galley to the cabin I knew nothing. It was a sleep-walker Maud guided and supported. In fact, I was aware of nothing till I awoke, how long after I could not imagine, in my bunk with my boots off. It was dark. I was stiff and lame, and cried out with pain when the ...
— The Sea-Wolf • Jack London

... the various questions which had arisen in consequence of the acquisition of Mexican territory. These resolutions furnished the occasion of a protracted debate. On Wednesday, the 6th of March, Mr. Walker of Wisconsin engaged in the discussion, but, owing to the length of time taken up by repeated interruptions, he was unable to finish his argument. In the mean time it had been generally understood that Mr. Webster would, at an early day, take an ...
— The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster • Daniel Webster

... his observations with automatic accuracy. How large a share has been borne by America in these magnificent discoveries and applications, among the most brilliant achievements of modern science, will sufficiently appear from the repetition of the names of Franklin, Henry, Morse, Walker, Mitchell, ...
— The Uses of Astronomy - An Oration Delivered at Albany on the 28th of July, 1856 • Edward Everett

... should draft a Joint Manifesto. The "Manifesto of English Socialists," published on May 1st, 1893, as a penny pamphlet with the customary red cover, was signed by the three Secretaries, H.W. Lee of the S.D.F., Emery Walker of the H.S.S., and myself, and by fifteen delegates, including Sydney Olivier and Sidney Webb of the F.S., Harry Quelch of the S.D.F., and the ...
— The History of the Fabian Society • Edward R. Pease

... shop-lifting is so easy as to be successfully practiced by novices, as not one store-walker in a thousand would suspect that his counters could be worked through a muff worn as these are when in action. Thus equipped, the expert female shop-lifter sallies out. Generally, she dresses rather expensively. Sometimes she uses a carriage, but more frequently walks, ...
— Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations • William Howe


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