catwalker
English
Etymology 1
From catwalk + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (occupation)#CATWALKER.
Noun
catwalker (plural catwalkers)Category:English lemmas#CATWALKERCategory:English nouns#CATWALKERCategory:English countable nouns#CATWALKERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CATWALKERCategory:Pages with entries#CATWALKERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CATWALKER
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#CATWALKER) A fashion model who works on a catwalk.
- 2003, New York - Volume 36, page 9:
- The bouncer insisted that the club had hit maximum capacity— even though others were allowed in and it was not that crowded inside— and told the Czech catwalker to get in line like a civilian.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- 2003, Editors of People Magazine, People: 100 Greatest TV Stars of Our Time, →ISBN, page 58:
- Originally a model herself, she made her acting debut as an aspiring catwalker (with Michael Learned and Leah Remini, hugging, and Alison Elliott, right) in an '89 sitcom.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- 2005, Elle - Issues 242-243, page 258:
- Twenty years later, dissatisfied with the lack of foundation shades for women of color, she segued from catwalker to cosmetics entrepreneur, founding her eponymous line.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- 2009, Anna Carey, Sloane Sisters - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 24:
- Lola was more cat lady than catwalker.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- One who works on a catwalk (high elevated platform).
- 1976, Directors Guild of America, Directory of Members, page 118:
- Production Assistant and catwalker on Harry and Tonto.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- 1984, Gene Brown, The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film: 1964-1968, →ISBN:
- Like the man who work on the swaying cables of suspension bridges and steel girders of skyscrapers, the catwalkers are nonchalant about the height, the slim path they tread and the penalty of a false step.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- 1985, Oliver Howard, Goldena Roland Howard, The Mark Twain Book, page 39:
- The longer the walk, the longer the finished rope or cable, so the narrow catwalks began high up under the roof, with a catwalker walking backwards to add the hemp strands fed to him by helpers.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- 1987, Ruth Marguerite Vande Kieft, Twayne's United States Authors Series - Volume 15, page 90:
- The catwalker is the fascinated but detached spectator who now and then has a strange illusion of power— "the feeling . . . that you could put out your finger and make a change in the universe."Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
Etymology 2
From cat + walkerCategory:English compound terms#CATWALKER.
Noun
catwalker (plural catwalkers)Category:English lemmas#CATWALKERCategory:English nouns#CATWALKERCategory:English countable nouns#CATWALKERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CATWALKERCategory:Pages with entries#CATWALKERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CATWALKER
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#CATWALKER, rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#CATWALKER) One who walks a cat or cats.
- 2006 September 14, Andre Jute, “"Worthless Wiecky" stalks Mr Jute”, in rec.audio.opinion (Usenet):
- Worthless Wiecky, janitor and catwalker! I can just see the haughty cat, tail tall, glide serenely across the lobby as the witless Wiecky holds the door for it while inside the elevator his employer fidgets at the delay!Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- 2009, Bob Walker, The Cats' House, →ISBN, page 33:
- The centralized hub provides weary catwalkers with a spacious rest area—and sanctuary from children and other loud noises.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- 2011, Tom Cox -, Talk to the Tail: Adventures in Cat Ownership and Beyond, →ISBN:
- One element a cat-walker has to be prepared for is the pursuit's unique, stop-start rhythm.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
- 2012, Melissa Kite, Real Life, →ISBN:
- Nor, if it was at all possible – although I accept this is a bit nit-picky – a daily cat-walker.Category:English terms with quotations#CATWALKER
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
catwalker mCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#CATWALKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål noun forms#CATWALKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C#CATWALKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with W#CATWALKERCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#CATWALKERCategory:Pages with entries#CATWALKERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CATWALKER