as in wanderer
a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure
I began to lose weight after I gave up my sedentary lifestyle and became a daily walker
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Recent Examples of walker
Hikers and walkers have their choice of paths throughout this stunning region.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Plans include music, magic shows, face painting, stilt walkers, fairies, robots, a giant LED screen showing the ball drop from Times Square and more.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
Far from the ominous white walkers of winter…humor is coming!
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2025
Around his neck, each walker bears a heavy, gonging cowbell.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Plans include music, magic shows, face painting, stilt walkers, fairies, robots, a giant LED screen showing the ball drop from Times Square and more.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Dec. 2025
Far from the ominous white walkers of winter…humor is coming!
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2025
Around his neck, each walker bears a heavy, gonging cowbell.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walker
Noun
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There’s a cast of wanderers, visionaries, and itinerants, the self-educated and self-published, a long lineage of cranks and outcasts, mostly penurious, always opinionated, stretching away into the mists of pseudohistory.—
Hari Kunzru,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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This Victorian town of just over 2,000 is a diverse blend of artists, spiritual seekers, motorcyclists, weekend wanderers, and retirees.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2026
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In other words, pedestrian stuff that doesn’t light up social media or earn an invitation to hold forth on one of the Beltway chat shows.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The victim is believed to be the first pedestrian fatality in the city and county of 2026.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The hiker was roped to his son, so now both were in peril.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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New Hampshire Fish and Game Sergeant Matthew Holmes has warned hikers against venturing out during the storm but has offered recommendations to stay safe during the hazardous conditions.—
Anusha Mathur,
NPR,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Walker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walker. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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