stroker
stroker noun: one who strokes.
Noun
stroker (plural strokers)
- One who strokes.
- Something with which to stroke.
- A four-stroke engine or by extension the vehicle itself; especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a two-stroke motorcycle (smoker).
- A masturbator.
- A loser.
- A criminal, a trickster.
- A person who cures illnesses (especially scrofula, ) by stroking the sufferer.
- The bold Folly of Stroakers may seem a Mocking of Majesty, and the Intrenching on that Prerogative, which, conferred by a St. Edward the Confessor, and a Saint Lewis, on the Kings of England and France, to cure by Touch, must be reputed Sacred, such a Jewel as cannot be alienated from a Crown.1670, anonymous author, “The Cloud Opened: Or, The English Hero”, in The Harleian Miscellany, volume 4, published 1745, page 153
- […] never did any person address themselves to him for cure in those forementioned accidents, but he cured ’em one and all as fast as they'd come near him; so that not Greatrix himself that wonder-working Stroker ever groped away the Gout or Kings Evil more infallibly than this dear Father,1691, John Dunton, chapter 6, in A Voyage Round the World, page 112
Proper noun capitalized: Stroker
Stroker (plural Strokers)
- A surname.
Forms of stroker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | strokers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Strokers |
Origin of stroker
From stroke + -er.
Questions about stroker
- What does stroker mean?
- Stroker means one who strokes.
- What part of speech is stroker?
- Stroker can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of stroker?
- The plural of stroker is strokers.
Words near stroker in the dictionary
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