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# {{non-gloss definition|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]].<!--can also refer to robots, etc-->
# {{non-gloss definition|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]].<!--can also refer to robots, etc-->
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#* {{quote-book|year=1816|author=Jane Austen|authorlink=Jane Austen|title=[[w:Emma (novel)|Emma]]|volume=1|chapter=8|passage="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."}}
#* '''1816''', {{w|Jane Austen}}, [[w:Emma (novel)|Emma]], Volume 1 Chapter 8
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#*: "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)
#* '''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.
#*: We hired a '''walker''' for the dogs during the day.
# A [[walking frame]].
# A [[walking frame]].
# {{lb|en|often|in the plural}} A [[shoe]] designed for [[comfortable]] walking.
# {{lb|en|often|in the plural}} A [[shoe]] designed for [[comfortable]] walking. {{rfex|en}}
# A [[zombie]].
# A [[zombie]]. {{rfex|en|Requesting usage examples not related to The Walking Dead series.}}
#* {{quote-book|author=Gary Brandner|authorlink=Gary Brandner|chapter=17|title={{w|Walkers (novel)|'''Walkers'''}}|genre=fiction|format=paperback|publisher={{w|Fawcett Publications}}|year=1980|isbn= 0-449-14319-8|isbn2=978-0-449-14319-3|passage=Dead people, '''''walkers''''', as you call them, are somehow, and for some reason, attacking.}}
# A [[male]] [[escort]] who accompanies a [[woman]] to an event.
# A [[male]] [[escort]] who accompanies a [[woman]] to an event.
#* {{quote-journal|journal=New York Magazine|date=December 29, 1980|page=26|volume=14|number=1|passage=He's really just a ''''walker'''' for old ladies!" '''Walkers''', now, are a special breed of pilot fish — entertaining male escorts}}
#* {{quote-journal|journal=New York Magazine|date=December 29, 1980|page=26|volume=14|number=1|passage=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''
#* '''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.
#*: 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.

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See also: Walker

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

walker (plural walkers)

  1. 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.
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    • 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.
  2. A walking frame.
  3. (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. A zombie.
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  5. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
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    • 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)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from walker

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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English walkere, from Old English wealcere (“one who fulls cloth”), equivalent to walk (“to full”) +‎ -er.

Noun

walker (plural walkers)

  1. A person who walks (or waulks) cloth, that is, who fulls it.
Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English walker, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English walkere, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English wealcere.

Noun

walker

  1. (slang) a prostitute

Manx

Etymology

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Noun

walker m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. tucker

Synonyms

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