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striper

/ˈstɹaɪpɚ//ˈstɹaɪpə/

noun

What it means

  1. A device that applies stripes.

    We rented a line striper for the parking lot.

  2. fishingThe striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.

    I caught a striper today.

  3. in compoundsgovernmentA person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.

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

    1956, Louis Reichers, The Flying Years, page 110

In a sentence

We rented a line striper for the parking lot.

Where it comes from

* (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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