English Explanatory Dictionary

stryker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of Stryker (emergency stretcher).
name
  1. A surname
noun
  1. A modern, heavy-duty, full-featured gurney, typically heavily padded and having yellow legs.
  2. An eight-wheeled armoured combat vehicle used by the US Army.

Word forms

stryker strykers

Etymology

* (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.

Related words

stryker

Derived words

stryker Stryker brigade Stryker brigade combat team
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