striker

n. worker who is on strike, participant in a labor strike; forward, player on the front line whose task is to score goals (Soccer)

This article is about football (soccer) players. For other uses, see striker (disambiguation). Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, and formerly inside forwards, are the players on a team in football in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
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Noun
1. a forward on a soccer team
(hypernym) athlete, jock
2. someone receiving intensive training for a naval technical rating
(hypernym) bluejacket, navy man, sailor, sailor boy
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. an employee on strike against an employer
(hypernym) nonworker
(derivation) strike, walk out
4. someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters"
(synonym) hitter
(hypernym) mover
(hyponym) slapper, spanker
(derivation) hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
5. the part of a mechanical device that strikes something
(hypernym) mechanical device
(hyponym) clapper, tongue
(derivation) hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with

(n.)
One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.
  

(n.)
A workman who is on a strike.
  

(n.)
A wencher; a lewd man.
  

(n.)
A harpoon; also, a harpooner.
  

(n.)
A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought.
  

     skirter