walker

Meaning

1. The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.
2. A walking frame or baby walker.
3. A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
4. A zombie.
5. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
6. A gressorial bird.
7. A forester.
8. A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
9. A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
10. A prostitute, streetwalker.

Synonyms

pedestrian

stroller

Zimmer frame

footer

Zimmer

baby-walker

go-cart

rover

ambulator

walking frame

wanderer

boulevardier

walking machine

peregrinator

foot-slogger

pedestrain

walking shoe

ambler

rollator

goer

hiker

passerby

promenader

rambler

roamer

traveler

traveller

turner

Hyphenated as

walk‧er

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɔːkə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: walkere

In summary

From Middle English walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk + -er.