striker

1. A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest.
2. A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
3. A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
4. A piece of metal struck against a flint or ferrocerium to produce sparks.
5. A piece of rough material on which matches are struck (that is, against which the matchhead is rubbed).
6. A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
7. A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
8. 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.

Plural strikers