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I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks.
Fay Godwin

Meaning of "walker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WALKER

walker  [ˈwɔːkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WALKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Walker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WALKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of walker in the English dictionary

The first definition of walker in the dictionary is a person who walks. Other definition of walker is Also called: baby walker. a tubular frame on wheels or castors to support a baby learning to walk. Walker is also a similar support for walking, often with rubber feet, for use by disabled or infirm people.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WALKER


bushwalker
ˈbʊʃˌwɔːkə
cakewalker
ˈkeɪkˌwɔːkə
fellwalker
ˈfelˌwɔːkə
floorwalker
ˈflɔːˌwɔːkə
jaywalker
ˈdʒeɪwɔːkə
moonwalker
ˈmuːnˌwɔːkə
nightwalker
ˈnaɪtˌwɔːkə
racewalker
ˈreɪsˌwɔːkə
shopwalker
ˈʃɒpˌwɔːkə
sleepwalker
ˈsliːpˌwɔːkə
spacewalker
ˈspeɪsˌwɔːkə
squawker
ˈskwɔːkə
stalker
ˈstɔːkə
streetwalker
ˈstriːtˌwɔːkə
trackwalker
ˈtrækwɔːkə
waka
ˈwɔːkə
wauker
ˈwɔːkə
waulker
ˈwɔːkə
wirewalker
ˈwaɪəˌwɔːkə
yorker
ˈjɔːkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WALKER

walk through
walk-in
walk-on
walk-on part
walk-through
walk-up
walkable
walkabout
walkathon
walkaway
walker-on
walkie-talkie
walkies
walking
walking bass
walking boot
walking bus
walking delegate
walking distance
walking dragline

WORDS THAT END LIKE WALKER

baby-walker
balker
bilker
bulker
calker
caulker
deerstalker
hill walker
Matthew Walker
milker
nontalker
rope walker
sculker
shelftalker
skulker
smooth-talker
sulker
talker
tightrope walker
warchalker

Synonyms and antonyms of walker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WALKER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «walker» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of walker

Translation of «walker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WALKER

Find out the translation of walker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of walker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «walker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

散步的人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paseante
570 millions of speakers

English

walker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वॉकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ووكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ходунки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caminhante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভ্রমণকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marcheur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Walker
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spaziergänger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウォーキングする人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

걷는 사람
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Walker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khung tập đi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாக்கர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वॉकर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yürüteç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

camminatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

walker
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ходунки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Walker
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

walker
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Walker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

walker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

walker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of walker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WALKER»

The term «walker» is very widely used and occupies the 4.857 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WALKER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «walker» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «walker» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about walker

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10 QUOTES WITH «WALKER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word walker.
1
Phyllis Diller
You know you're old if your walker has an airbag.
2
Fay Godwin
I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks.
3
Gerald Griffin
I found out that colonels can stay until they drop dead or get a walker and being a critical medical specialty as an Army trained emergency room doctor, I could stay until age 67.
4
Bryan Q. Miller
The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.
5
Paul Nurse
I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.
6
Philippe Petit
My parents were intelligent and encouraging, but at the same time, they were displeased at me becoming a wandering troubadour and wire walker.
7
Diana Quick
I have a cottage near Aldeburgh, and from there it's a sturdy two-mile walk across farmland to an empty beach, where I collect hag stones and run around with the dog. I'm a keen walker, and I love Suffolk's big skies.
8
Mary Lou Retton
It's going to be really weird when I'm 80 years old, in a walker, and people are still calling me America's sweetheart. We need a new one.
9
Dallas Roberts
I've been a fan since I was a kid of that sort of bump-in-the-night stuff. I don't tend to go in too much for the slash-and-burn-'em or the walker kills on 'The Walking Dead.' That stuff's not necessarily the stuff that frightens me or gets me going. It's more the terror of waiting, the thriller aspects, that I find compelling.
10
Derek Walcott
This is Port of Spain to me, a city ideal in its commercial and human proportions, where a citizen is a walker and not a pedestrian, and this is how Athens may have been before it became a cultural echo.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WALKER»

Discover the use of walker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to walker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Battered Woman Syndrome
This third edition presents updated data generated from the newly modified Battered Woman Syndrome Questionnaire (BWSQ).
Lenore E. Walker, Lenore E a Walker Edd, 2009
2
Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge
In Unintimidated, Governor Walker tells the story of his fight to save Wisconsin from a $3.6 billion budget deficit while simultaneously improving the state’s schools and public infrastructure.
Scott Walker, Marc Thiessen, 2013
3
Alice Walker: A Life
A full-length portrait of the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer draws on letters, journals, and interviews to discuss her birth into a family of Georgia sharecroppers, the childhood accident that left her blind in one eye and sympathetic to ...
Evelyn C. White, 2004
4
The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up
A collection of oral histories reveals the lives of ordinary Chinese men and women, including a professional mourner, a leper, an abbot, a retired government official, and a political prisoner.
Yiwu Liao, 2009
5
The Snow Walker
"Ten tales of the Arctic, rendering hardy praise to the land and its people, past and present, and focusing on the elemental bonds between men and between men and the world and on survival"--NoveList.
Farley Mowat, 2003
6
Fleet Walker's Divided Heart: The Life of Baseball's First ...
Moses Fleetwood Walker was the first black American to play baseball in a major league.
David W. Zang, 1998
7
Once: Poems
Alice Walker’s first published book collects poems written as a student and on her first visit to Africa For readers seeking the origins of Alice Walker’s potent, distinctive voice, this collection will provide ample insight.
Alice Walker, 2011
8
Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder
The NFL legend and Heisman Trophy winner shares the inspiring story of his life and diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder. Herschel Walker is widely regarded as one of football's greatest running backs.
Herschel Walker, 2008
9
Everyday Use
In this unique, comprehensive history of the 1970s, we learn about international developments: the war in Cambodia, Nixon's trip to China, the oil embargo and resulting gas shortage, the Mayaquez incident, the Camp David accords, the ...
Alice Walker, Barbara Christian, 1994
10
Dmso: Nature's Healer
In this groundbreaking work, award-winning health science writer Dr. Morton Walker examines the powerful and compelling case for the use of DMSO in the treatment of many debilitating disease and health-related problems.
Morton Walker, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WALKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term walker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Scott Walker on his faith: 'It defines who I am'
(CNN) Voters may know Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker best as a coupon-cutting every man who shops at Kohls, but he's also a deeply religious person whose ... «CNN, Jul 15»
2
Scott Walker Investigation Tossed by Wisconsin Supreme Court
Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, seen here on the stump in Las Vegas Tuesday, scored a major victory with Wisconsin Supreme ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
3
Scott Walker erodes college professor tenure
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's trailblazing effort to weaken tenure protections at public colleges and universities is now a reality with his signing of a $73 billion ... «Politico, Jul 15»
4
Walker office already acts as if records exemption is law
While Scott Walker says he's opposing the change in open records policy, he so far hasn't altered his claim that he can withhold records that reflect internal ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
Scott Walker's Hard Right Turn in Iowa May Hurt Him Elsewhere
Scott Walker of Wisconsin spent months persuading influential Republicans that he alone had the impressive conservative achievements and mainstream ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
6
Obama, in Wisconsin, Takes On Scott Walker
President Obama came to this city on the Mississippi on Thursday and launched a frontal assault on Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who filed papers earlier in ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
7
Scott Walker says he's 'the most scrutinized politician in America'
Washington (CNN) Scott Walker on Tuesday dubbed himself "probably the most scrutinized politician in America" as he walked into a meeting with lawmakers in ... «CNN, May 15»
8
Paul Walker fans choke up at 'Furious 7' finale
This article contains spoilers about the end of "Furious 7." (CNN) Fans of the late actor Paul Walker knew that watching him in "Furious 7" would be bittersweet. «CNN, Apr 15»
9
Tears for Paul Walker at 'Furious' premiere
LOS ANGELES — An emotional Vin Diesel appeared to fight tears as he introduced Furious 7 during the action film's world premiere Wednesday night. «USA TODAY, Apr 15»
10
Watch Vin Diesel Get Choked up Introducing Paul Walker's Last Film
And by all reports, the film contains a very fitting tribute to Paul Walker, the franchise's co-lead who died in a car crash in November 2013 before filming was ... «Vanity Fair, Mar 15»

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