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Stryker
Definitions
- 1 A surname
- 1 Alternative spelling of Stryker (emergency stretcher). alt-of, alternative
- 2 A modern, heavy-duty, full-featured gurney, typically heavily padded and having yellow legs.
"1973, Modern hospital: Volume 120; Volume 120, link Because we feel that a stretcher should be more than a means of patient transport, we don't offer a standard Stryker stretcher."
- 3 An eight-wheeled armoured combat vehicle used by the US Army.
"The Army has named its 8-wheeled Light Armored Vehicle III the Stryker. The Army will field its first Stryker variant, an infantry combat vehicle, at Anniston, Ala."
Etymology
* (surname): * (gurney): Genericization of a trademark. From the name of the Stryker Corporation, which manufactured several gurneys in this style. From the name of the founder of the company, Homer Stryker. * (armoured vehicle): Originating from 2002, named for two Americans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: PFC Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II, and SP4 Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.
* (surname): * (gurney): Genericization of a trademark. From the name of the Stryker Corporation, which manufactured several gurneys in this style. From the name of the founder of the company, Homer Stryker. * (armoured vehicle): Originating from 2002, named for two Americans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: PFC Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II, and SP4 Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.
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