walker

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun 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)
  2. noun United States writer (born in 1944)
  3. noun a person who travels by foot

Etymology

From Middle English walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk + -er.

In classic literature

Synonyms

John Walker

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