noun
Meaning 1
A person who walks on stilts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stiltwalker
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History
Etymology
From stilt + walker.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: steltloper — a person who walks on stilts
- Dutch: steltenloper — a person who walks on stilts
- Finnish: puujaloilla kävelijä — a person who walks on stilts
- French: échassier — a person who walks on stilts
- German: Stelzengänger — a person who walks on stilts
- German: Stelzengängerin — a person who walks on stilts
- Greek: ξυλοπόδαρος (xylopódaros) — a person who walks on stilts
- Italian: trampoliere — a person who walks on stilts
- Latin: grallātor — a person who walks on stilts
- Polish: szczudlarz — a person who walks on stilts
- Polish: szczudlarka — a person who walks on stilts
- Russian: ходули́ст (xodulíst) — a person who walks on stilts
- Russian: ходули́стка (xodulístka) — a person who walks on stilts
- Swedish: styltgångare — a person who walks on stilts
- Yoruba: alágèéré — a person who walks on stilts