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walker

1. One who walks; a pedestrian.

2. That with which one walks; a foot. Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. (Chapman)

3. A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester.

4. [AS. Wealcere. See walk, 3] A fuller of cloth. She cursed the weaver and the walker The cloth that had wrought. (Percy's Reliques)

5. (Science: zoology) Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect.