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striker.

A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstɹaɪkɚ//ˈstɹaɪkə/
  1. A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.

  2. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.

  3. 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.

  4. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.

  5. 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).

  6. 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.

  7. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.

  8. 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.

  9. An officer's servant or orderly.

    slang
  10. The batter.

    slang
  11. The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.

  12. A harpoon.

    obsolete
  13. A harpooner.

    obsolete
  14. An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.

    obsolete
  15. A wencher; a lewd man.

    obsolete
  16. A blackmailer in politics.

    obsolete
  17. One whose political influence can be bought.

    obsolete
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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