WAlkerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk +‎ -er.

名詞

walker (plural walkers)

1. The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

   The park was full of morning walkers enjoying the fresh air.

   He decided to become a long-distance walker for charity events.

   • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 118:

     I would ask for the pleasure of your company, Mr. Knightley, but I am a very slow walker, and my pace would be tedious to you; and, besides, you have another long walk before you, to Donwell Abbey.

   • 2005, Carlo De Vito, 10 Secrets My Dog Taught Me: Life Lessons from a Man's Best Friend, page 88:

     We hired a walker for the dogs during the day.

   • 2023 July 2, Brandon Griggs, “We’re multitasking while walking our dogs. Animal experts say this is a problem”, in CNN‎:

     A distracted walker also may be missing an opportunity to bond with their dog, says Burch of the American Kennel Club. “Interacting and having fun together forms a bond that can last a lifetime,” she says.

   • 2024 September 6, Isla Harvey, “The 10 most comfortable walking shoes, according to podiatrists and shoe experts”, in CNN‎:

     To better help you in your quest, we asked multiple podiatrists and seasoned long-distance walkers exactly what to look for when selecting the best walking shoes.

2. (rare) One who walks (takes for a walk).

   Coordinate term: walkee

   • 1986, Maggie MacKeever, Lady Sherry and the Highwayman, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Crest, →ISBN, page 17:

     Accompanying her was Prinny, who was made very happy by this intimation that he was to be taken for a walk, an undertaking for which the servants generally drew lots, the dog’s mass being so considerable and energetic that the walker inevitably became the walkee.

   • 2009, Yvonne Sherwell, “Her Dog”, in Paranoid Pip, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 29:

     Consequently, he had developed a new variation on an old habit. That of grabbing the leash between his teeth and pulling as hard as he could, making it look as if he were the walker, and the walker the walkee.

   • 2013, Teresa Lynn Paris McDonnell, The Diet God, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 96:

     I remember that walking a dog is a good way to get both the walker and the walkee in shape.

3. A walking frame or baby walker.

   Synonyms: rollator, (British) Zimmer frame

   Hyponyms: walking frame, baby walker, Zimmer frame

   The elderly woman used a walker to help her move around more easily.

4. (often in the plural) A shoe designed for comfortable walking. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. (fiction) A zombie.
   • 1980, Gary Brandner, chapter 17, in Walkers (fiction; paperback), Fawcett Publications, →ISBN:

     Dead people, walkers, as you call them, are somehow, and for some reason, attacking.

6. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
   • 1980 December 29, New York, volume 14, number 1, page 26:

     He's really just a 'walker' for old ladies!" Walkers, now, are a special breed of pilot fish — entertaining male escorts.

   • 1981, Spare rib: Volumes 108-119:

     Women at the top — Lady Di and Nancy Reagan in particular — apparently have 'walkers' — men to escort them on public and private occasions providing a respectable cover, while the male who is their sexual partner is off on more pressing business.

   • [1984, Clemens David Heymann, Poor little rich girl: the life and legend of Barbara Hutton:

     In the vernacular of the trade, he was what is commonly known as "a walker" — an entertaining male escort who is usually sexually unthreatening […]]

   • 2015 July 26, Will Self, “Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     – Do you think they’re sausages? said Samia, a colleague whom Jane had brought along as her walker.

7. A gressorial bird.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
8. (law) A forester.
9. (science fiction) A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
   • 2011, Dave Wolverton, The Courtship of Princess Leia: Star Wars Legends, page 144:

     Two of the walkers circled the pillars. Their searchlights played through the trees, then turned back to Leia and the others.

   • 2019, Joe Meno, BrickJournal #60, page 37:

     It also takes a good amount of inspiration from Metal Gear Solid 4's biomechanical designs, namely the Gekko walkers and their synthetic musculature.

10. (cricket) A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
11. (Philippines) A prostitute, streetwalker.
    • 2019 June 22, Charisse Ursal, “Social media lures young people to engage in sex for money”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer‎:

      A single mother of three, Rachel is what Facebook users call as “walker,” or an online sex worker. Using a dummy account, she posts her sexy photos and informs page visitors that she’s available for sex in exchange for money.

使用する際の注意点

The meaning "zombie" is used especially in reference to The Walking Dead; in that series, the term "walker" is usually used, rather than "zombie".

派生語

派生した語

• → Irish: válcaeir
• → Persian: واکر (vâker)

語源 2

名詞

walker (plural walkers)

1. Alternative form of waulker.

派生語

• walker's earth

Further reading

• walker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• walker (mobility) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• rewalk

名詞

walker

1. alternative form of walkere (“traveller”)

語源 2

名詞

walker

1. alternative form of walkere (“fuller”)