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
The factory’s foundry is gone, and its test track is now used by walkers and cyclists.
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Ian Austen, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Participants start between 8-8:45 a.m. May 17, San Sebastian Trailhead, 753 W. State Road 436, Altamonte Springs, $4 per person, free for walkers ages 12 or younger who do not want credit, 917-881-8358, midfloridamilers.org.
Steinway Society Spring Concert: Sponsored by Helpful Hands.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Use assistive devices if needed: For some, a cane or walker can reduce physical strain and improve breathing.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
And, when the project has wound down, bikers and walkers and sitters enjoy the view from a new boardwalk, enjoy access to the beach from a new walkway, even as a bulldozer, still on duty, is raking sand along the coastline.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
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Ian Austen, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Participants start between 8-8:45 a.m. May 17, San Sebastian Trailhead, 753 W. State Road 436, Altamonte Springs, $4 per person, free for walkers ages 12 or younger who do not want credit, 917-881-8358, midfloridamilers.org.
Steinway Society Spring Concert: Sponsored by Helpful Hands.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Use assistive devices if needed: For some, a cane or walker can reduce physical strain and improve breathing.
—Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
And, when the project has wound down, bikers and walkers and sitters enjoy the view from a new boardwalk, enjoy access to the beach from a new walkway, even as a bulldozer, still on duty, is raking sand along the coastline.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walker
pedestrian
Noun
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On Tuesday, cops charged him with failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care, both misdemeanors.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
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Her work spurred city leaders to call for a state of emergency to improve infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists, leading the city to implement a new quick-build program to improve high-risk roadways.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
21 May 2025
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“Walker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walker. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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