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striker |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Striker \Strik"er\, n. 1. One who or that which strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge. 2. A harpoon; also a harpooner. Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish. --Dampier. 3. A wencher; a lewd man. [Obs.] --Massinger. 4. A workman who is on a strike. 5. A blackmailer in politics; also one whose political influence can be bought. [Political Cant] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: striker n 1: (soccer) a forward on a soccer team 2: someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating 3: an employee on strike against an employer 4: the part of a mechanism that strikes something
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