English noun: Walker |
1. | Walker (person) 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) |
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| Synonyms | John Walker |
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| Instance hypernym | four-minute man |
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2. | Walker (person) United States writer (born in 1944) |
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| Synonyms | Alice Malsenior Walker, Alice Walker |
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| Instance hypernym | author, writer |
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3. | walker (person) a person who travels by foot |
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| Synonyms | footer, pedestrian |
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| Broader (hypernym) | traveler, traveller |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ambler, hiker, hobbler, jaywalker, limper, marcher, nondriver, parader, passer, passer-by, passerby, peripatetic, plodder, rambler, reeler, saunterer, shuffler, slogger, staggerer, stalker, stamper, stomper, strider, stroller, stumbler, swaggerer, totterer, tramp, tramper, tramper, trampler, tripper, trudger, waddler, wayfarer |
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4. | walker (artifact) a shoe designed for comfortable walking |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shoe |
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5. | walker (artifact) a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk |
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| Synonyms | Zimmer, Zimmer frame |
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| Broader (hypernym) | framework |
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6. | walker (artifact) an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk |
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| Synonyms | baby-walker, go-cart |
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| Broader (hypernym) | framework |
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