Walker \Walk"er\, n.
1. One who walks; a pedestrian.
2. That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.]
Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown.
--Chapman.
3. (Law) A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain
space for inspection; a forester.
4. [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.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a
stick insect.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |