Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Walker \Walk"er\, n.
1. One who walks; a pedestrian.
2. That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.]
Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown.
--Chapman.
3. (Law) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain
space for inspection; a forester.
4. [AS. wealcere. See {Walk}, v. t., 3.] A fuller of cloth.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
She cursed the weaver and the walker The cloth that
had wrought. --Percy's
Reliques.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a
stick insect.
Source : WordNet®
Walker
n 1: 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) [syn: {John Walker}]
2: United States writer (born in 1944) [syn: {Alice Walker}, {Alice
Malsenior Walker}]
3: a person who travels by foot [syn: {pedestrian}, {footer}]
4: a shoe designed for comfortable walking
5: a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber
castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the
handicapped or the aged to walk [syn: {Zimmer}, {Zimmer
frame}]
6: an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies
learn to walk [syn: {baby-walker}, {go-cart}]