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That with which one walks; a foot. [Obs.] Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown. Chapman.

A phantasmic or "astral" body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelgänger.

One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director. [U.S.]

A ropedancer.

One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.

One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.

A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.

A person employed to walk over and inspect a section of tracks.

To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much. [R.] Walker.

One who walks about; a walker.

h a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.

of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable. Walker.

rred with Lord Chatham in opinion. Fox. Tories and Whigs had concurred in paying honor to Walker. Makaulay. This concurs directly with the letter. Shak.

al or ghostly double or counterpart; esp., an apparitional double of a living person; a cowalker.

In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.

dertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed. F. A. Walker.

Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. Walker. Ex`e*get"ic*al*ly, adv.

glish to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.

One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A ropewalker or ropedancer.