striker
/ˈstɹaɪkə/STRIGH-kur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈstɹaɪkɚ/STRIGH-kur
Meaningone who strikes
Common meaning: a worker on strike
Other meanings: a football forward
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- strikto stroke, to move alongSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 602 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from strike + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), STRIKE, p.602 · scan
Source words
- strican Old English · source word “to stroke, to move along”
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