Striker Meaning
/ˈstɹaɪkɚ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
nounSomeone or something that hits someone or something else., A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
Sentence Examples
I don't know why the management submitted to the striker's demands so easily.
The team's best striker scored twenty-three goals last season.
They're pinning their hopes on their new striker.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The team's ____ scored three goals in the first half.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team's star ____ scored two brilliant goals in the final minutes to win the important game today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English strike Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English striker From strike + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:
"Olympiakos had barely been in the Arsenal half but should have levelled in the 14th minute. A low corner was not dealt with and the ball fell to the feet of striker Rafik Djebbour, who saw his close-range effort brilliantly cleared from the goalline by Arteta."
— 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2023:
"Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Nemanja Matic and Le Havre striker Ahmed Hassan have each been handed two-game bans with a further two matches suspended after they concealed Ligue 1’s anti-homophobia insignia on their shirts, the French top-flight said."
— 2025 June 6, “Soccer players given two-game bans after concealing anti-homophobia badge”, in CNN, sourced from Reuters, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025:
""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, Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Ronald Salmon Crane, The English of Business, page 90:
"[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, William Dampier, chapter V, in A New Voyage Round the World. […], London: […] James Knapton, […], →OCLC, pages 117–118:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The team's ____ scored three goals in the first half.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team's star ____ scored two brilliant goals in the final minutes to win the important game today.