I. ˈwȯkə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English walkere, from Old English wealcere, from wealcan to roll, toss + -ere -er — more at walk
dialect Britain : fuller I 1
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from walken to walk + -er — more at walk
1. : one that walks: as
a. obsolete : forester , gamekeeper
b. : one that conducts himself in a specified way
disorderly walkers
c. : a competitor in a walking race
d. : a cursorial insect ; especially : a stick insect or other member of the Phasmatodea
e. : a peddler going on foot
f. : a bird that walks instead of hopping
g. : one that patrols or supervises on foot
h. : a hunter that walks up game
i. : an ambulatory patient
2. : something used in walking: as
a. walkers plural , obsolete : feet
b. : a framework usually of metal and cloth mounted on wheels or casters and designed to support a child learning to walk
the baby … may be strolling around unassisted or in a walker — H.R.Litchfield & L.H.Dembo
— called also go-cart, baby walker
c. : an apparatus with wheels or gliders, handgrips, and often adjustable crutches that is used by invalids and the handicapped in learning to walk again
d. : a walking shoe
III. noun
or walker hound
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized W
Etymology: after John W. Walker, 19th century American sportsman who helped develop the strain
: an American foxhound of a strain developed by crossing English foxhounds with several highly regarded American strains