Etymology

walker

walk·er
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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Middle English walkere
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walker · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromwalkere“one who walks, traveller”
  2. English todaywalker

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

Walker · interjection2

From Hookey Walker.

Walker · noun3

From Walk(ing Liberty) + -er.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishwalkere all →

waulker

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