"striper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪpɚ/ (note: rhotic), /ˈstɹaɪpə/ (note: non-rhotic) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-striper.wav [Southern-England] Forms: stripers [plural]
Etymology: stripe + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stripe|er}} stripe + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} striper (plural stripers)
  1. A device that applies stripes.
    Sense id: en-striper-en-noun-LaZqFvl4
  2. (fishing) The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America. Categories (topical): Fishing, People Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish
    Sense id: en-striper-en-noun-gGVkl1NH Disambiguation of People: 0 62 38 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 5 91 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 77 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 81 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 11 78 10 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
  3. (military) A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-striper-en-noun-Dgq77LVa Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: candy striper, stripper

Inflected forms

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