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Striper

//ˈstɹaɪpɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device that applies stripes.

    "We rented a line striper for the parking lot."

  2. 2
    marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone wordnet
  3. 3
    The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.

    "I caught a striper today."

  4. 4
    caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States wordnet
  5. 5
    A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform. in-compounds

    "He's a four-striper, a group captain."

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  1. 6
    a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service wordnet

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).

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