catwalker

A fashion model who works on a catwalk.

Noun informal

A fashion model who works on a catwalk.
- 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. - 2003, New York - Volume...
- 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. - 2003, Editors of People Magazine, People: 100...
- 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. - 2005, Elle - Issues 242-243, page 258:
One who works on a catwalk (high elevated platform).
- Production Assistant and catwalker on Harry and Tonto. - 1976, Directors Guild of America, Directory of Members, page 118:
- 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. - 1984, Gene...
- 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. - 1985, Oliver Howard,...

From catwalk + -er.

One who walks a cat or cats.
- 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...
- The centralized hub provides weary catwalkers with a spacious rest area—and sanctuary from children and other loud noises. - 2009, Bob Walker, The Cats' House, →ISBN, page 33:
- One element a cat-walker has to be prepared for is the pursuit's unique, stop-start rhythm. - 2011, Tom Cox -, Talk to the Tail: Adventures in Cat Ownership and Beyond, →ISBN:

From cat + walker.