striker

noun18

1. •
   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.
2. •
   A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
3. •
   Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
4. •
   A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.

   • The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles. — 1945
5. •
   A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
6. •
   A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
7. •
   A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
8. •
   The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
9. •
   (slang) The batter.
10. •
    A piece of rough material on which matches are struck (that is, against which the matchhead is rubbed).
11. •
    A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
12. •
    (slang) An officer's servant or orderly.

    • "Dog-robber" has a definite significance to some army men; but unless one has spent some time in uniform he will probably have to search long for its meaning: an officer's servant or striker. — 1921
13. •
    (no longer used) A harpoon.
14. •
    (no longer used) A harpooner.

    • [W]here ever we come to an Anchor, we always send out our Strikers, and put out Hooks and Lines overboard, to try for Fish. — 1697
15. •
    (no longer used) An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
16. •
    (no longer used) A wencher; a lewd man.

    • 'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father. — 1621
17. •
    (no longer used) A blackmailer in politics.
18. •
    (no longer used) One whose political influence can be bought.