[waw-ker] 
| 1. | an enclosing framework on casters or wheels for supporting a baby who is learning to walk. |
| 2. | a similar device, usually a waist-high four-legged framework of lightweight metal, for use by a weak or disabled person as a support while walking. |
| 3. | (usually initial capital letter ) Informal. Walker hound. |
| 4. | a person or thing that walks or likes to walk: He's a great walker. |
| 5. | Theater Slang. an extra or supernumerary. |
| 6. | Slang. a musician required by a union contract to be hired and paid full salary even when not needed for performance. |
[waw-ker] | 1. | Alice, born 1944, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. |
| 2. | David, 1785–1830, U.S. abolitionist. |
| 3. | James John (Jimmy), 1881–1946, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1926–32. |
| 4. | John, born 1952, New Zealand track-and-field athlete. |
| 5. | Sarah Breed⋅love [breed-luhv] , 1867–1919, U.S. businesswoman and philanthropist. |
| 6. | a city in W Michigan. 15,088. |
| 7. | a male given name. |
| walk·er (wô'kər) n.
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| Wal·ker (wô'kər) American writer whose works include the novels Meridian (1976) and The Color Purple (1982), for which she won a Pulitzer Prize. |
| Walker, James John Known as "Jimmy." 1881-1946. American politician who was the mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932, when charges of corruption forced his resignation. |
| Walker, Sarah Breedlove Known as "Madam C.J. Walker." 1867-1919. American entrepreneur who developed a straightening agent for hair (1905) and built the most successful company owned by an African American at that time |
walker walk·er (wô'kər)
n.
A frame device used to support someone, such as an infant learning to walk or a convalescent learning to walk again.
A shoe specially designed for walking comfortably. Often used in the plural.