striker.
A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
Meaning & usage
A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
Someone or something that hits someone or something else. A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
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.
Someone or something that hits someone or something else. A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
Someone or something that hits someone or something else. A piece of rough material on which matches are struck (that is, against which the matchhead is rubbed).
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.
Someone or something that hits someone or something else. A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
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.
An officer's servant or orderly.
The batter.
The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
A harpoon.
A harpooner.
An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
A wencher; a lewd man.
A blackmailer in politics.
One whose political influence can be bought.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English strike Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English striker From strike + -er.
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