striker

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: strik=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

striker, n. 

•  One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.  [1913 Webster]
•  A harpoon; also, a harpooner.  [1913 Webster]

  "Wherever we come to an anchor, we always send out our strikers, and put out hooks and lines overboard, to try fish."  [1913 Webster]
•  A wencher; a lewd man.  Massinger.  [1913 Webster]
•  A workman who is on a strike.  [1913 Webster]
•  A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

striker, n.
1 a person or thing that strikes.
2 an employee on strike.
3 Sport the player who is to strike, or who is to be the next to strike, the ball.
4 Football an attacking player positioned well forward in order to score goals.
5 a device striking the primer in a gun.