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English

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Etymology

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From strike +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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striker (plural strikers)

  1. A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
    Synonym: turnout
  2. Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
    1. 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.
    2. A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
    3. A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
    4. A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
    5. (firearms, military) A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
  3. (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[1]:
      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.
  4. (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.
  5. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
  6. (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
  7. (obsolete) A harpoon.
  8. (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.
  9. (obsolete) An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
    Synonym: green hand
  10. (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.[1]
    • c. 1621–6, Philip Massinger, “The Unnatural Combat”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger‎[2], published 1845, act 4, scene 2, page 54:
      'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father.
  11. (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.[2]
  12. (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.

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References

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

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French

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Etymology

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From strike +‎ -er; from English strike.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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striker

  1. (bowling) to strike

Conjugation

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Conjugation of striker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple striker
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple strikant
/stʁaj.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle striké
/stʁaj.ke/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present strike
/stʁajk/ 		strikes
/stʁajk/ 		strike
/stʁajk/ 		strikons
/stʁaj.kɔ̃/ 		strikez
/stʁaj.ke/ 		strikent
/stʁajk/
imperfect strikais
/stʁaj.kɛ/ 		strikais
/stʁaj.kɛ/ 		strikait
/stʁaj.kɛ/ 		strikions
/stʁaj.kjɔ̃/ 		strikiez
/stʁaj.kje/ 		strikaient
/stʁaj.kɛ/
past historic2 strikai
/stʁaj.ke/ 		strikas
/stʁaj.ka/ 		strika
/stʁaj.ka/ 		strikâmes
/stʁaj.kam/ 		strikâtes
/stʁaj.kat/ 		strikèrent
/stʁaj.kɛʁ/
future strikerai
/stʁaj.kə.ʁe/ 		strikeras
/stʁaj.kə.ʁa/ 		strikera
/stʁaj.kə.ʁa/ 		strikerons
/stʁaj.kə.ʁɔ̃/ 		strikerez
/stʁaj.kə.ʁe/ 		strikeront
/stʁaj.kə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional strikerais
/stʁaj.kə.ʁɛ/ 		strikerais
/stʁaj.kə.ʁɛ/ 		strikerait
/stʁaj.kə.ʁɛ/ 		strikerions
/stʁaj.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		strikeriez
/stʁaj.kə.ʁje/ 		strikeraient
/stʁaj.kə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present strike
/stʁajk/ 		strikes
/stʁajk/ 		strike
/stʁajk/ 		strikions
/stʁaj.kjɔ̃/ 		strikiez
/stʁaj.kje/ 		strikent
/stʁajk/
imperfect2 strikasse
/stʁaj.kas/ 		strikasses
/stʁaj.kas/ 		strikât
/stʁaj.ka/ 		strikassions
/stʁaj.ka.sjɔ̃/ 		strikassiez
/stʁaj.ka.sje/ 		strikassent
/stʁaj.kas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — strike
/stʁajk/ 		— strikons
/stʁaj.kɔ̃/ 		strikez
/stʁaj.ke/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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