as in wanderer
a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure
I began to lose weight after I gave up my sedentary lifestyle and became a daily walker
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Recent Examples of walker
He was touched again when another rainbow emerged before the 5K, as throngs of runners and walkers gathered for the race.
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Costa Mesa police are investigating a video that has gone viral showing a dog walker dragging a canine in front of an animal rescue center.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
Sounds at my back startled me—a cyclist, a couple of walkers.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Downtown Mountain View is a haven for diners and walkers, especially with Castro Street being largely closed to traffic.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Costa Mesa police are investigating a video that has gone viral showing a dog walker dragging a canine in front of an animal rescue center.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
Sounds at my back startled me—a cyclist, a couple of walkers.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Downtown Mountain View is a haven for diners and walkers, especially with Castro Street being largely closed to traffic.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walker
pedestrian
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At least seven pedestrians — Jonathon T. Slaugh, 62; Adrienne Keyana Johnson, 33; William Andrew Akens Jr., 26; Ernesto Torres, 58; Thongthai Xanaxay, 55; Natalia Regina Sanchez, 50; and Kaleb Josiah Green, 22 — have also died in the city since January.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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Hayam El Gamal, 41, and her children were detained by federal immigration authorities on June 3, two days after police say Soliman used Molotov cocktails to attack more than a dozen people demonstrating on the Boulder pedestrian mall in support of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
12 June 2025
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“Walker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walker. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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