striker

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
2. 2
   Someone or something that hits someone or something else: A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
3. 3
   Someone or something that hits someone or something else: A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
4. 4
   Someone or something that hits someone or something else: A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
5. 5
   Someone or something that hits someone or something else: A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
6. 6
   Someone or something that hits someone or something else: A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
7. 7
   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.
8. 8
   An officer's servant or orderly.
9. 9
   The batter.
10. 10
    The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
11. 11
    A harpoon.
12. 12
    A harpooner.
13. 13
    An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
14. 14
    A wencher; a lewd man.
15. 15
    A blackmailer in politics.
16. 16
    One whose political influence can be bought.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.