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striper definition

striper (strī′pər)

noun

  1. Mil. Slang any enlisted person, or a naval officer, who wears a stripe () or stripes: usually in hyphenated compounds meaning “one wearing (a specified number of) stripes” a four-striper
  2. striped bass

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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