"striper" meaning in English

See striper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɹaɪpɚ/ (note: rhotic), /ˈstɹaɪpə/ (note: non-rhotic) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-striper.wav Forms: stripers [plural]
Etymology: * (device): From stripe (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix). * (fish): From stripe (noun) + -er (relational suffix). * (military): From stripe (noun) + -er (suffix denoting a person to whom a certain number of something applies). Etymology templates: {{sense|device}} (device):, {{suffix|en|stripe#Verb<pos:verb>|er<id:agent noun><pos:agent noun suffix>}} stripe (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix), {{sense|fish}} (fish):, {{suffix|en|stripe<pos:noun>|er|id2=relational|pos2=relational suffix}} stripe (noun) + -er (relational suffix), {{sense|military}} (military):, {{suffix|en|stripe<pos:noun>|er|id2=measurement|pos2=suffix denoting a person to whom a certain number of something applies}} stripe (noun) + -er (suffix denoting a person to whom a certain number of something applies) 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.
    Sense id: en-striper-en-noun-gGVkl1NH Categories (other): Fishing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Percoid fish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 14 77 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 77 9 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 1 98 1 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
  3. (military, in combination) A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform. Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-striper-en-noun-Dgq77LVa Categories (other): Military, People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 100 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: candy striper, Green Striper, green-striper, stripper

Inflected forms

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