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. Zool.

Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.

 

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