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A walker is a walking tool for old and slightly disabled people. This consists of a frame that is about waist high. It is slightly wider than the person and it is about twelve inches deep. The person walks with it in front of them; with the frame surrounding their front and sides. The front two legs of the walker may have wheels; it may not; depending on the strength and abilities of the person using it. The walker's purpose is to provide support so that the person can maintain balance and to relieve their legs from their weight. This is a good tool for those who are recuperating from leg or back injuries. Those on health benefits may be entitled to a walker from their health benefit provider if their physican feels they need one.
Walker may mean "someone who walks". See: walking and pedestrian.
Walker may refer to more than one place:
(with entries in Wikipedia)
- Alice Walker (born 1944), U.S. author
- Antoine Walker (born 1976), U.S. basketball player
- Benjamen Walker, U.S. radio personality
- Madame C. J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove), female entrepreneur, first African-American millionaire
- Cecil Walker, Northern Irish politician
- Charles Walker (born 1948), U.S. astronaut
- Daniel Walker (born 1922), former Governor of Illinois
- Dave Walker, English singer
- David Walker (1785-1830), African American abolitionist
- David M. Walker (1944-2001), U.S. astronaut
- Dorothy Walker (1901-1992), mother of George Bush
- Frederick John Walker (1896-1944), Royal Navy naval officer in WWII
- George Walker (1645-1690), English commander in Ireland
- George Walker (born 1922), African American composer
- George Herbert Walker (1875-1953), U.S. businessman, grandfather of George Bush
- Harley M. Walker (c.1884-1937), U.S. scriptwriter
- Herschel Walker, U.S. football player
- James Walker (1794-1874), U.S. educator
- Jearl Walker, physicist and author
- Jimmy Walker (1881-1946), former Mayor of New York City
- John Walker (1730-1803), Scottish naturalist
- John Walker, 19th century English chemist, inventor of the friction match
- John Walker (1805-1859), Scottish whisky producer, founder of Johnnie Walker
- John Walker (born 1939), English painter
- John Walker, computer programmer, one of the designers of AutoCAD
- John Walker, British criminal, member of the Birmingham Six
- John Walker (born 1952), New Zealand middle distance runner
- John Walker (John Walker Lindh) (born 1981), member of the Taliban
- John Anthony Walker, a Soviet spy active during the Cold War
- John Brisben Walker (1847-1931), U.S. entrepreneur and magazine publisher
- John Williams Walker (1783-1823), U.S. politician
- Joseph A. Walker (1921-1966), U.S. military test pilot
- Joseph Marshall Walker (1786-1856), Governor of Louisiana
- Larry Walker (born 1966), Canadian baseball player
- Liza Walker, actress
- Marcy Walker (born 1961), U.S. soap opera actress
- Margaret Walker (Margaret Alexander) (1915-1998), U.S. poet
- Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919), U.S. women's rights activist
- Michael Walker, New Zealand jockey
- Michael Walker, British teacher and headmaster
- Mickey Walker (1903-1981), U.S. world boxing champion
- Mort Walker (born 1923), U.S. cartoonist
- Murray Walker (born 1923), English motor sport commentator
- Nancy Walker (1922-1992), U.S. actress
- Obadiah Walker (1616-1699), British man of letters
- Olene S. Walker (born 1930), Governor of Utah
- Patrick Gordon Walker (1907-1980), British politician
- Paul Walker (born 1973), U.S. actor
- Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester (born 1932), British politician
- R. Tracy Walker, North Carolina politician
- Rebecca Walker (born 1969), U.S. feminist, daughter of Alice Walker
- Reggie Walker (1889-1951), South African track and field athlete
- Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), U.S. economist and statesman
- Rod Walker (born 1966), U.S. poet
- Scott Walker (born 1941), U.S. singer
- Scott Walker (1970-2004), U.S. boxer
- Scott Walker (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
- Sears Cook Walker (1805-1853), U.S. astronomer
- T-Bone Walker (1910-1975), U.S. blues musician
- Thomas Walker (1919-2003), U.S. Army officer
- Tonja Walker, soap opera actress
- Walton Walker, U.S. Army commander during World War II
- William Walker (1809-1875), U.S. Baptist singing master
- William Walker (1824-1860), U.S. adventurer, President of Nicaragua
Walker may also refer to:
- Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker, a metric used in cosmology
- Hiram Walker, a Canadian distillery
- Jed Walker, a comic book character
- Junior Walker and the All Stars, a musical group
- Riddley Walker, a 1980 novel by Russell Hoban
- Walker, a 1987 motion picture about William Walker
- Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool, UK
- Walker Art Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Walker Lake (multiple locations)
- Walker Pass, in California, USA
- Walker Percy, U.S. author
- Walker River (multiple locations)
- Walker tariff, an 1846 U.S. tariff
- Walker, Texas Ranger, U.S. television program
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