walkere

Middle English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwalkər(ə)/

Etymology 1

From walken +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

walker

Noun

walkere

traveller, journeyer
walker (traveller on foot)

Descendants

English: walker

References

“walker(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English wealcere, from Proto-West Germanic *walkārī; equivalent to walken +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

walkar, walker

Noun

walkere (plural walkeres)

fuller (person who fulls cloth)

Descendants

English: waulker, walker
Scots: waulker

References

“walker(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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