striker
see also: Striker
Noun
Striker
Proper noun
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see also: Striker
Noun
striker (plural strikers)
- An individual who is on strike.
- Synonyms: turnout
- Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- (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.
- (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
- (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- (obsolete) A harpoon.
- (obsolete) A harpooner.
- Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish.
- (obsolete) An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
- Synonyms: green hand
- (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
- (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.
- (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.
- (soccer position) attacker, centre forward, forward
- (lewd man) See Thesaurus:promiscuous man
- French: gréviste
- German: Streikender, Streikende
- Italian: battitore, colpitore
- Portuguese: grevista
- Russian: бастующий
- Spanish: huelguista
- French: attaquant
- German: Stürmer, Stürmerin
- Italian: calciatore
- Russian: нападающий
- Spanish: delantero, ariete
Striker
Proper noun
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