Striker

Quick meaning: Striker is a noun meaning A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
2. (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
3. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
4. (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
5. (soccer) 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.
6. (obsolete) A harpoon.
7. (obsolete) A harpooner.

Example Sentences

'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father.

[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.

"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.

Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Nemanja Matic and Le Havre striker Ahmed Hassan have each been handed two-game bans with a further two matches suspended after they concealed Ligue 1’s anti-homophobia insignia on their shirts, the French top-flight said.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for striker

Depending on context, synonyms include turnout, forward, attacker, centre forward.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include guard, spoil, shutter, vanguard, gunman, killer.

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