Definition of "striper" []

• Slang A member of the armed forces, a cadet corps, or a commercial flight crew who wears stripes designating rank or length of service. Often used in combination: a three-striper; a four-striper. (noun)
• See striped bass. (noun)

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• "But I swear, it looks to me like that striper is smiling!"
• "Yes | No | Report from Ethan3 wrote 39 weeks 20 hours ago nice catch. and the striper is pretty good too."
• "It's a little hard for many out-of-staters to think of Georgia as a striped-bass power-house, but consider these notes: The state-record striper is a mammoth 63-pounder taken from the Oconee River in 1967."