striker: Meaning and Definition of

strik•er

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