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skywalker (suomeksi)

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• (lb, en, usually, _, figuratively) One who walks in the sky.
• (lb, en, specifically) A member of the Mohawk group of Native Americans; ''especially'' one who is or was involved in steelworking on tall buildings in New York City.
• * (quote-book, author=Christopher Peterson, authorlink=Christopher Peterson (psychologist), author2=w:Martin Seligman, Martin E. P. Seligman [''et al.''], title=w:Character Strengths and Virtues, Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification, location=New York, N.Y., publisher=(w, Oxford University Press), year=2004, page=227, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqPiF1C7cy4C&pg=PA227&dq=skywalkers, isbn=978-0-19-516701-6, passage=A particularly brave tribe of Native Americans, the Mohawks, have been called '''skywalkers''' because of their ability to navigate heights (Hill, 1987). Members of the tribe because particularly well known when they assisted with the building of the Empire State Building and other Manhattan skyscrapers. (...) Their membership in these small, tight-knit groups likely promoted bravery among the '''skywalkers'''.)
• (lb, en, by extension from the previous) Any ironworker working at a height.
• One who walks along a skywalk or skyway.
• * (quote-journal, journal=Industrial Photography, publisher=United Business Publications, year=1983, volume=32, page=lxxiii, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?redir_esc=y&id=pVlWAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=skywalkers, passage=(...) and help individual '''skywalkers''' feel at home in their new surroundings. Many times, Seitz said, pedestrians will feel ill at ease on a skywalk at first because they have lost their street corner orientation.)
• * (quote-journal, author=Greg Evans, title=Conventional Wisdom, journal=w:Cincinnati (magazine), Cincinnati, publisher=CM Media Inc., month=March, year=1989, volume=22, issue=6, page=48, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=besCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48&dq=skywalkers, issn=0746-8210, passage=And if you notice an unusually litter-free skywalk, don’t presume that your fellow '''skywalkers''' have taken it upon themselves to give a hoot.)
• * (quote-book, author=Gregory Wolfe, title=Sacred Passion: The Art of William Schickel, publisher=(w, University of Notre Dame Press), year=1998, page=104, pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=9sPpAAAAMAAJ, passage=Since the view from the skywalk opened onto a huge expanse of brick—an adjacent building had been torn down—officials from the city decided that a wall painting would provide a beautiful and stimulating sight for the '''skywalkers'''.)