# striker
## English
### Etymology

From strike +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (rhotic) IPA: /ˈstɹaɪkɚ/
* (non-rhotic) IPA: /ˈstɹaɪkə/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)

### Noun

striker (plural strikers)
* A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
    Synonym: turnout
* Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
** A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
*** 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13: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.
** A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
** A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
** A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
** (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
* (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.
    Synonyms: forward, attacker, centre forward
** 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport‎: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.
* (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
** 1921, Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Ronald Salmon Crane, The English of Business, page 90:"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.
* (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
* (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
* (obsolete) A harpoon.
* (obsolete) A harpooner.
** 1697, William Dampier, chapter V, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, pages 117–118:[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.
* (obsolete) An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
    Synonym: green hand
* (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
** c. 1621–6, Philip Massinger, “The Unnatural Combat”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger‎, published 1845, act 4, scene 2, page 54:'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father.
* (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.
* (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.

#### Synonyms

* (lewd man): See Thesaurus:promiscuous man

#### Derived terms

* dolphin striker
* firestriker
* high striker
* hunger striker
* non-striker

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “striker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* ↑ “striker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* skirret, skirter, trikers

## French
### Etymology

From strike +‎ -er; from English strike.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stʁaj.ke/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

striker
* (bowling) to strike