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
The walkers are welcome, but fur babies are not.
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Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2026
Most of the workers, bikers and walkers downtown carrying lunches and drinks past the poles on Tuesday afternoon didn’t seem to notice.
—Idaho Statesman, 31 Mar. 2026
Bikers and walkers are allowed on the trails.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
The company later said guests could use park walkers without seats and wheelchairs free of charge.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
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Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2026
Most of the workers, bikers and walkers downtown carrying lunches and drinks past the poles on Tuesday afternoon didn’t seem to notice.
—Idaho Statesman, 31 Mar. 2026
Bikers and walkers are allowed on the trails.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
The company later said guests could use park walkers without seats and wheelchairs free of charge.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walker
Noun
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Voice like a warm porchlight left on for wanderers who kissed goodbye too soon or stayed too long.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
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Unlike most comets, which originate in the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud, this icy wanderer formed around another star before drifting into our cosmic neighborhood.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Morton, 21, is accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian while street racing in Grand Junction.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Paramedics responded and pronounced the pedestrian dead at the scene.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On a spring morning in 1993, state officials and hikers gathered to dedicate a new trail linking Dawley Park in Exeter with Stepstone Falls in West Greenwich.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
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San Diego County’s recent summer-like temperatures have worried Ross, especially with upcoming trips in May to the Cuyamaca Mountains and Eagle Rock in Warner Springs, where water for the hikers could be scarce.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Walker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walker. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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