walker

Etymology 1

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

noun

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.
   We hired a walker for the dogs during the day. 2005, Carlo De Vito, 10 Secrets My Dog Taught Me: Life Lessons from a Man's Best Friend, page 88
2. A walking frame or baby walker.
3. (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
4. A zombie.
   Dead people, walkers, as you call them, are somehow, and for some reason, attacking. 1980, Gary Brandner, chapter 17, in Walkers (fiction; paperback), Fawcett Publications
5. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
   He's really just a 'walker' for old ladies!" Walkers, now, are a special breed of pilot fish — entertaining male escorts. 29 December 1980, New York, volume 14, number 1, page 26
   Women at the top — Lady Di and Nancy Reagan in particular — apparently have 'walkers' — men to escort them on public and private occasions providing a respectable cover, while the male who is their sexual partner is off on more pressing business. 1981, Spare rib: Volumes 108-119
   In the vernacular of the trade, he was what is commonly known as "a walker" — an entertaining male escort who is usually sexually unthreatening […] 1984, Clemens David Heymann, Poor little rich girl: the life and legend of Barbara Hutton
   2007, The Walker (film about a male escort)
6. A gressorial bird.
7. (law) A forester.
8. (science fiction) A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
   Two of the walkers circled the pillars. Their searchlights played through the trees, then turned back to Leia and the others. 2011, Dave Wolverton, The Courtship of Princess Leia: Star Wars Legends, page 144
   It also takes a good amount of inspiration from Metal Gear Solid 4s biomechanical designs, namely the Gekko walkers' and their synthetic musculature. 2019, Joe Meno, BrickJournal #60, page 37
9. (cricket) A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
10. (Philippines) A prostitute, streetwalker.
    A single mother of three, Rachel is what Facebook users call as “walker,” or an online sex worker. Using a dummy account, she posts her sexy photos and informs page visitors that she’s available for sex in exchange for money. June 22 2019, Charisse Ursal, “Social media lures young people to engage in sex for money”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer

Etymology 2

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noun

1. Alternative form of waulker