striker

UK: /ˈstraɪkə^r/ US: /ˈstraɪkɚ/ ,(strī′kər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

strik•er /ˈstraɪkɚ/   n. [countable]

1. a person or thing that strikes.
2. a person who is on strike:
   The strikers protested in front of the plant gates and tried to block trucks from going in.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

strik•er  (strī′kər), n. 

1. a person or thing that strikes.
2. a worker who is on strike.
3. manhelper.
4. Time the clapper in a clock that strikes the hours or rings an alarm.
5. Military [U.S. Army.] a private who acts as a voluntary paid servant to a commissioned officer.
6. Military [U.S. Navy.] an enlisted person in training for a specific technical rating.
7. Sport a person who strikes fish, whales, etc., with a spear or harpoon.
8. Sport [Whaling.] a harpoon.
9. Sport [Soccer.] one of the attacking forwards.

• 1350–1400; 1840–50 for def. 2; Middle English; see strike, -er¹

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

striker / ˈstraɪkə/ noun

1. a person who is on strike
2. the hammer in a timepiece that rings a bell or alarm
3. any part in a mechanical device that strikes something, such as the firing pin of a gun
4. an attacking player, esp one who generally positions himself or herself near the opponent's goal in the hope of scoring
5. the batter who is about to play a ball