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stryker

stryker is the alternative spelling of Stryker.

Proper noun capitalized: Stryker

Stryker (plural Strykers)

  1. A surname

Noun capitalized: Stryker

Stryker (plural Strykers)

  1. A modern, heavy-duty, full-featured gurney, typically heavily padded and having yellow legs.
    • Because we feel that a stretcher should be more than a means of patient transport, we don't offer a standard Stryker stretcher.1973, Modern hospital: Volume 120; Volume 120, link
    • The handles on the Stryker stretcher can by extended after a locking button has been pressed2007, Helmut Strasser, Assessment of the ergonomic quality of hand-held tools and computer input devices, page 269
  2. An eight-wheeled armoured combat vehicle used by the US Army.
    • The Army has named its 8-wheeled Light Armored Vehicle III the Stryker.
    • The Army will field its first Stryker variant, an infantry combat vehicle, at Anniston, Ala.2002 July, “Wheeled tanks start rolling”, in Popular Mechanics, page 32

Forms of stryker

Noun
pluralstrykers
pluralStrykers
Proper noun
pluralStrykers

Origin of stryker

* (surname): * (gurney): Genericization of a trademark. From the name of the Stryker Corporation, which manufactured several gurneys in this style. From the name of the founder of the company, Homer Stryker. * (armoured vehicle): Originating from 2002, named for two Americans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: PFC Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II, and SP4 Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.

Words formed from stryker

  • Stryker brigade
  • Stryker brigade combat team

Questions about stryker

What does stryker mean?
Stryker means a surname.
What is stryker the alternative spelling of?
Stryker is the alternative spelling of Stryker.
What part of speech is stryker?
Stryker can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near stryker in the dictionary

  1. strydes
  2. stryding
  3. stryfe
  4. Stryi
  5. Stryjewka
  6. stryker
  7. strykers
  8. strype
  9. strypes
  10. stryphnic acid
  11. stryve

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