Meanings
stroker1
plural strokers
- One who strokes.
- Something with which to stroke.
- slangA four-stroke engine or by extension the vehicle itself; especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a two-stroke motorcycle (smoker).
- derogatoryslangA masturbator.
- derogatoryslangA loser.
- obsoleteA person who cures illnesses (especially scrofula, ) by stroking the sufferer.First known use 16ᵗʰ to 17ᵗʰ century.
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 1531 more example
[…] 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
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