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View Surname: Walker


WALKER
SOURCE: Occupation
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: WAWK-ər   [key]
Meaning & History
Occupational surname for a person who walked on damp raw cloth in order to thicken it. It is derived from Middle English walkere, Old English wealcan.
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