striker

noun

• An individual who is on strike.
• Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
• 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.
• An officer's servant or orderly.
• (1800s) The batter.
• The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
• A harpoon.
• A harpooner.
• An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.
• A wencher; a lewd man.
• A blackmailer in politics.
• One whose political influence can be bought.