Meaning of Walker in English

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Noun
Walker
Definitions
1. 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)
2. United States writer (born in 1944)
3. a person who travels by foot
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4. a shoe designed for comfortable walking
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- walk
5. a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles
Examples
- « helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk »
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- walk
6. an enclosing framework on casters or wheels
Examples
- « helps babies learn to walk »
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- walk

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« Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother. »
Patricia Highsmith
« I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing. »
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