walker
walker is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.] Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is walker.
- What is that with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.] Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman called?
- What is a forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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