walker meaning and definition

WALKER noun

Definition of Walker (noun)

1. New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
   • synonyms: John Walker
2. United States writer (born in 1944)
   • synonyms: Alice Malsenior Walker, Alice Walker
3. a person who travels by foot
   • synonyms: footer, pedestrian
4. a shoe designed for comfortable walking
5. a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk
   • synonyms: Zimmer, Zimmer frame
6. an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk
   • synonyms: baby-walker, go-cart