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Noun: walker  wo-ku(r)
  1. A person who travels on foot
    "The busy street was filled with walkers rushing to work";
    - pedestrian, footer
     
  2. An enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
    "The infant giggled as she moved around in her baby-walker";
    - baby-walker, go-cart [N. Amer]
     
  3. A light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
    "The elderly patient used a walker frame to maintain her independence";
    - Zimmer, Zimmer frame
     
  4. A shoe designed for comfortable walking
    "She bought a pair of walkers for her daily commute"
Noun: Walker  wo-ku(r)
  1. United States writer (born in 1944)
    - Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker
     
  2. New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less than 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
    - John Walker

Derived forms: walkers

Type of: author, four-minute man, frame, framework, shoe, traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn], writer

Encyclopedia: Walker, Mike