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striker

/ˈstɹaɪkɚ/ noun

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  1. A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
  2. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer. A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom. A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
  3. A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.