Walker

Wal·ker  (wôkr), Alice Born 1944.

American writer whose works include the novels Meridian (1976) and The Color Purple (1982), for which she won a Pulitzer Prize.

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Walker, James John Known as "Jimmy." 1881-1946.

American politician who was the mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932, when charges of corruption forced his resignation.

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Walker, Sarah Breedlove Known as "Madam C.J. Walker." 1867-1919.

American entrepreneur who developed a straightening agent for hair (1905) and built the most successful company owned by an African American at that time

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walk·er  (wôkr)

n.

1. One that walks, especially a contestant in a footrace.

2. A frame device used to support someone, such as an infant learning to walk or a convalescent learning to walk again.

3. A shoe specially designed for walking comfortably.

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walker [ˈwɔːkə]

n

1. a person who walks

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) Also called baby walker a tubular frame on wheels or castors to support a baby learning to walk

3. (Medicine) 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 let me introduce my walker for tonight

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Walker [ˈwɔːkə]

n

1. (Biographies / Walker, Alice (Malsenior) (1944 F, US, WRITING: writer) 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. (Biographies / Walker, John (1952 M, New Zealand, SPORT AND GAMES: runner) John. born 1952, New Zealand middle-distance runner, the first athlete to run one hundred sub-four-minute miles

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Walker - New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952) John Walker
	2.	Walker - United States writer (born in 1944) Alice Malsenior Walker, Alice Walker
	3.	walker - a person who travels by foot         pedestrian, footer traveler, traveller - a person who changes location hiker, tramper, tramp - a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) hobbler, limper - someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait jaywalker - a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally parader, marcher - walks with regular or stately step nondriver - a person who is not a driver passer, passer-by, passerby - a person who passes by casually or by chance peripatetic - a person who walks from place to place rambler - a person who takes long walks in the country ambler, saunterer, stroller - someone who walks at a leisurely pace shuffler - someone who walks without raising the feet reeler, staggerer, totterer - someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall stalker - someone who walks with long stiff strides stomper, tramper, trampler, stamper - someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground strider - a person who walks rapidly with long steps; "he was such a strider that she couldn't keep up without running" stumbler, tripper - a walker or runner who trips and almost falls swaggerer - someone who walks in an arrogant manner plodder, slogger, trudger - someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner waddler - someone who walks with a waddling gait; "fat waddlers who walk like pigeons" wayfarer - a pedestrian who walks from place to place
	4.	walker - a shoe designed for comfortable walking shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
	5.	walker - a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk Zimmer, Zimmer frame framework - a structure supporting or containing something
	6.	walker - an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk baby-walker, go-cart framework - a structure supporting or containing something

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walker

noun hiker, rambler, backpacker, wayfarer, footslogger, pedestrian disturbance to nesting birds caused by walkers and climbers

Translations

walker [ˈwɔːkəʳ] N

1. (= person) (gen) → paseante mf, transeúnte mf; (= pedestrian) → peatón m (Sport) → marchador(a) m/f; (= hiker) → excursionista mf
to be a great walker → ser gran andarín, ser aficionado a las excursiones a pie

2. (also baby walker) → andador m, tacatá m (Sp)

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walker [ˈwɔːkə^r] n (= person) → marcheur/euse m/f
walkie-talkie [ˌwɔːkiˈtɔːki] n → talkie-walkie m
walk-in [ˈwɔːkɪn] adj [wardrobe, cupboard, larder] → de plain-pied

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walker

n

(= stroller) → Spaziergänger(in) m(f); (= hiker) → Wanderer m, → Wanderin f; (Sport) → Geher(in) m(f); to be a fast/slow walker → schnell/langsam gehen

(for baby, invalid) → Gehhilfe f; (US: = Zimmer®) → Gehwagen m

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walker [ˈwɔːkəʳ] n (person) → camminatore/trice; (for babies) → girello
he's a good walker → gli piace camminare
he's a slow walker → ha il passo lento

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walker [ˈwɔːkəʳ] n (person) → camminatore/trice; (for babies) → girello
he's a good walker → gli piace camminare
he's a slow walker → ha il passo lento

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Walker → هيكل زيمر المساعد على المشي chodítko gangstativ Gehgerät πι andador rollaattori déambulateur okvir za pomoć pri hodanju deambulatore ジマー 보행 보조기 looprek gåstol balkonik (do rehabilitacji chorych) andador Zimmer, andarilho ходунок gåbock อุปกรณ์ช่วยเดิน yürüteç khung di động Zimmer 齐默式助行架