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walker

walker

14 9.1
A dead person in stories who comes back to life and moves around
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːkər/
  • Literature
translation icon : zombi
  • This place is crawling with walkers!
  • kill a walker

And once it hits zero, the bell tower rings, and then all the walkers start swarming.

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Examples

  • The moment Rick dies from a walker in this coma-induced dream, he actually dies in the hospital bed.

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  • The guard they took the keys off was dead, but wasn't a walker. How long do they last for?

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  • So he could have been a walker for a short time before he was shot in the head.

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  • Carol turns into a walker?

  • And the only reason they could walk out when they did was that the walkers moved on at that point.

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  • Yeah, but every town is full of walkers.

  • The town's full of walkers.

  • Will they go to another cell block and will she be in there with a herd of walkers?

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  • There's plenty of supplies, but a lot of walkers.

  • In the abandoned city, survivors learned to avoid walkers lurking around every corner.

Synonyms

zombie
vswalker
  • Literature
191 5.0

A dead body brought back to life by magic, often in stories

appears mainly in fictional settings rather than folklore contexts
undead
vswalker
  • Literature
26 7.6

A creature that died but comes back to life like a zombie or vampire

is narrower, meaning specifically a reanimated corpse in fiction

Antonyms

1.0

Relating to people rather than animals or machines

3.2

A living creature that can act or think on its own

Compounds

A performer who walks and balances on a thin rope high above the ground

1 3.2

A frame on wheels that helps a baby learn to walk

A person who walks barefoot over hot coals to show courage or take part in a ritual

Matthew Walker
  • Specialized
9.9

A stopper knot where you twist several rope strands together to stop a rope from fraying

Matthew Walker knot
  • Specialized
9.9

A knot tied at the end of a rope to stop the end passing through an opening

A type of horse with a smooth, fast walk that can travel long distances for riding and shows

A type of American hunting dog bred to chase foxes, fast and tireless

8.5

An American hunting dog that runs fast and tracks foxes

Surface Forms

walker singular
walkers plural

Morphology

walker = walk (semi-transparent) = walk + er

The word is formed from 'walk' + '-er', but the zombie meaning is a specialized fiction usage rather than a fully predictable literal agent noun.

Etymology

Walker is a modern name formed from walk ('to move on foot') plus -er ('one who'). A helpful way to remember the zombie meaning is that TV shows called slow, moving undead 'walkers' because they keep walking even when they are not alive.