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Added 8 October 2026

striper

/ˈstɹaɪpɚ/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about striper at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A device that applies stripes.
We rented a line striper for the parking lot.
The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.
I caught a striper today.
A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.

Origin

* (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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