Walker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Walker	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Walker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Walker n New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952) Synonym(s): Walker, John Walker United States writer (born in 1944) Synonym(s): Walker, Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker a person who travels by foot Synonym(s): pedestrian, walker, footer a shoe designed for comfortable walking a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk Synonym(s): walker, Zimmer, Zimmer frame an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk Synonym(s): walker, baby-walker, go-cart
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]l.) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Walker, IA (city, FIPS 81885) Location: 42.28623 N, 91.78093 W Population (1990): 673 (261 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52352 Walker, KY Zip code(s): 40997 Walker, LA (town, FIPS 79240) Location: 30.48439 N, 90.86599 W Population (1990): 3727 (1391 housing units) Area: 14.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70785 Walker, MI (city, FIPS 82960) Location: 42.98470 N, 85.74767 W Population (1990): 17279 (7060 housing units) Area: 65.2 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49504 Walker, MN (city, FIPS 67792) Location: 47.08980 N, 94.57893 W Population (1990): 950 (506 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56484 Walker, MO (city, FIPS 76660) Location: 37.89948 N, 94.23037 W Population (1990): 283 (116 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64790 Walker, WV Zip code(s): 26180