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Striker
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
- 2 the part of a mechanical device that strikes something wordnet
- 3 Someone or something that hits someone or something else.; A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
"The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles."
- 4 someone who hits wordnet
- 5 Someone or something that hits someone or something else.; A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
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- 6 an employee on strike against an employer wordnet
- 7 Someone or something that hits someone or something else.; A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
- 8 someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating wordnet
- 9 Someone or something that hits someone or something else.; A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- 10 a forward on a soccer team wordnet
- 11 Someone or something that hits someone or something else.; A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- 12 One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
"Olympiakos had barely been in the Arsenal half but should have levelled in the 14th minute. A low corner was not dealt with and the ball fell to the feet of striker Rafik Djebbour, who saw his close-range effort brilliantly cleared from the goalline by Arteta."
- 13 An officer's servant or orderly. slang
""Dog-robber" has a definite significance to some army men; but unless one has spent some time in uniform he will probably have to search long for its meaning: an officer's servant or striker."
- 14 The batter. slang
- 15 The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- 16 A harpoon. obsolete
- 17 A harpooner. obsolete
"[W]here ever we come to an Anchor, we always ſend out our Strikers, and put out Hooks and Lines overboard, to try for Fiſh."
- 18 An inexperienced member of a ship's crew. obsolete
- 19 A wencher; a lewd man. obsolete
"'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father."
- 20 A blackmailer in politics. obsolete
- 21 One whose political influence can be bought. obsolete
Etymology
From strike + -er.
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