Definition of: striker

(strī′kər) noun
1. One who or that which strikes.
2. In certain torpedoes, a plunger which strikes the priming cap and ignites the charge.
3. An employee who is on strike.
4. One whose business is to strike something in a mechanical occupation, as in forging.
5. U.S. Colloq. One who makes a blackmailing strike in politics.
6. In the U. S. Navy, an apprentice in training for a specific technical rating: a radioman striker.
7. Formerly, the engineer's apprentice on a river steamboat.
8. In the U. S. Army, a soldier assigned to run errands and do odd jobs for an officer.