What does "walker" mean?
Walker: That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.] Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman.
Additional senses
- 2.(Law) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.
- 3.Etym: [AS. wealcere. See Walk, v. t., 3.] A fuller of cloth. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] She cursed the weaver and the walker The cloth that had wrought. Percy's Reliques.
- 4.(Zoöl.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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