Walker

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The surname Walker originated among the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name arose when a member of the family worked as a "walker" (or fuller)—someone whose job was to clean and thicken raw cloth by beating and treading it in water. The surname derives from the Old English word wealcere, meaning walker or fuller. In Northern England, fuller's earth is known as walker's clay, and a fulling mill is called a walk-mill. In Scotland, the verb to walk still refers to the fulling of cloth.