Meanings
nounhunger striker (plural hunger strikers)
plural hunger strikers
- A person who goes on hunger strike.
This measure had as its nominal justification the argument that the prison administration had to make sure that the hunger strike was going on honestly—that others in the cell weren't sneaking food to the hunger striker.
1973, Aleksandr I[sayevich] Solzhenitsyn, translated by Thomas P[orter] Whitney, “Tyurzak”, in The Gulag Archipelago, 1918–1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Perennial Library), parts I–II, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, part I (The Prison Industry), page 468
Translations
Czech hladovkář, hladovkářka
- hladovkářperson who goes on hunger strike
- hladovkářkaperson who goes on hunger strike
Dutch hongerstaker
- hongerstakerperson who goes on hunger strike
Finnish syömälakkolainen
- syömälakkolainenperson who goes on hunger strike
German Hungerstreikender
- Hungerstreikenderperson who goes on hunger strike
Russian голодо́вщик, голодо́вщица
- голодо́вщик (golodóvščik)person who goes on hunger strike
- голодо́вщица (golodóvščica)person who goes on hunger strike
Slovak hladovkár, hladovkárka
- hladovkárperson who goes on hunger strike
- hladovkárkaperson who goes on hunger strike
Swedish hungerstrejkare
- hungerstrejkareperson who goes on hunger strike
Ukrainian голодува́льник, голодува́льниця
- голодува́льник (holoduválʹnyk)person who goes on hunger strike
- голодува́льниця (holoduválʹnycja)person who goes on hunger strike
Cite this entry
APA
hunger striker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunger%20striker
MLA
“hunger striker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunger%20striker. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hunger striker,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hunger%20striker.
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