striper

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English

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Etymology

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stripe +‎ -er

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Noun

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striper (plural stripers)

  1. A device that applies stripes.
    We rented a line striper for the parking lot.
  2. (fishing) The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.
    I caught a striper today.
  3. (military) A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.
    • 1956, Louis Reichers, The Flying Years[1], page 110:
      He's a four-striper, a group captain.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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striper m or f

  1. indefinite plural of stripe

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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striper f

  1. indefinite plural of stripe

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Stripper or English stripper.

Noun

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striper n (plural stripere)

  1. stripper

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /strîper/
  • Hyphenation: stri‧per

Noun

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strȉper m (Cyrillic spelling стри̏пер)

  1. a maker of comic strips; cartoonist

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