Noun
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).
Usage- Slang
A masturbator.
Usage- Derogatory
- Slang
A loser.
Usage- Derogatory
- Slang
A criminal, a trickster.
Usage- Derogatory
- Slang
A person who cures illnesses (especially scrofula, ) by stroking the sufferer.
Usage- Obsolete
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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.
[…] 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,