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Walker

Walker, n.

noun

(wawk'er), n. 1. One who walks.

Sense 2. The instrument of walking; a foot. [Obs. and rare.] “Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite mis-grown.” Chapman.

Sense 3. (Law.) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.

Walk'er, n.

noun

(wawk'er), n. [A-S. wealcere, O. H. Ger. walkāri, N. H. Ger. walker, Sw. valkare, Dan. valker.] A fuller of cloth. [Obs.] She cursed the weaver and the walker The cloth that had wrought. Percy's Reliques.