walker

noun

walk·​er ˈwȯ-kər 

1

: one that walks: such as

a

: a competitor in a walking race

b

: a peddler going on foot

c

: a temporary male escort of socially prominent women attending usually public events

2

: something used in walking: such as

a

: a framework designed to support a baby learning to walk or an infirm or physically disabled person

b

: a walking shoe

Synonyms

• ambler
• hiker
• perambulator
• rambler
• tramper

Examples of walker in a Sentence

She joined a group of walkers in the neighborhood.

I began to lose weight after I gave up my sedentary lifestyle and became a daily walker.

Recent Examples on the Web

The Lake County Coroner’s Office said in a media release that a walker discovered the arm on May 11 at the Waukegan Municipal Beach in the evening. —David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2024

VTech Sit-to-Stand Learning Walker Help your little one enhance their gross motor skills with this versatile sit-and-stand walker. —Maya Polton, Parents, 17 May 2024

Set thousands of years before Game of Thrones during the Age of Heroes, Bloodmoon would have taken place in the lead up to the Long Night war with the white walkers. —Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 May 2024

Video obtained by the New York Post shows a man walking out of the Port Gourmet Deli before placing his walker against the building and sitting on the walker’s seat. —Greg Wehner, Fox News, 14 May 2024

Loves playing at the park, chaising the dogs around the house, and runs a 5k marathon in his walker daily. —Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024

As a dog walker steered his pack around tents and a pair of sunburned travelers walked by sipping beers, Arriaga nursed her infant daughter with one hand and navigated a U.S. government smartphone app with the other. —Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024

The soggy mud will be too dangerous and easy for any walker to get stuck, Palmeter said. —The Enquirer, 23 Apr. 2024

Even without going inside the building, though, walkers can appreciate its enormity, along with the sparkling pond, ducks, turtles and flowers surrounding the water. —Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

walker

noun

walk·​er ˈwȯ-kər 

1

: one that walks

2

: something used in walking

especially : a framework that supports a baby learning to walk or an infirm or disabled person

Medical Definition

walker

noun

walk·​er ˈwȯ-kər 

: a framework designed to support an infant learning to walk or an infirm or physically disabled person

Biographical Definition

Walker 1 of 3

biographical name (1)

Walk·​er ˈwȯ-kər 

Alice Malsenior 1944–     American writer

Walker

2 of 3

biographical name (2)

John E(rnest) 1941–     British biochemist

Walker

3 of 3

biographical name (3)

William 1824–1860 American filibuster