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striper colloq.|ˈstraɪpə(r)|
[f. stripe n.3 + -er1.]
1. Usu. as two (two and a half, three, four)-striper: an officer in the Royal Navy or U.S. Navy (from the stripes worn to denote rank). In later use, in the army, a lance-corporal (one-striper), corporal (two-striper), sergeant (three-striper).
1917M. T. Hainsselin Grand Fleet Days xv. 118 But nowadays you find them lolling and sprawling in all the most comfortable armchairs, while the three-striper has to take a high chair or else go to his cabin! 1918L. E. Ruggles Navy Explained 146 Two striper. Instead of saying ‘he was a lieutenant’, many men say ‘he was a two-striper’, meaning that he wore two stripes on his cuff. If the officer was a lieutenant commander he would wear two-and-a-half stripes, hence ‘he was a two-and-a-half striper’. 1920Blackw. Mag. Mar. 320/2 A dapper two-and-a-half striper, R.N., dashed alongside in an obviously Navy gig, and scrambled aboard. 1936Nat. Geogr. Mag. LXIX. 799/2 The three-striper looked me up and down. 1950G. Hackforth-Jones Worst Enemy i. 20 It made me remember how I felt when some pompous four-striper came slumming or snooping on board my submarine. 1954Sun (Baltimore) 11 Dec. 13/4 Some 250 other ‘stripers’ were named brigade officers for the period ending March 17. 1977[see spec n.4]. 1978A. Price '44 Vintage iii. 41 A two-striper like himself. 1978H. Wouk War & Remembrance i. 10 Bill, isn't that a three-striper slot?
2. = striped bass s.v. striped ppl. a. 1 b.
1945Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 29 Aug. 22/1 It may be stated that in the West as in the North, the fish is called the striped bass or simply the striper. 1955Field & Stream June 51/1 So far as is known, this is the first fresh-water lake in the entire country to be stocked with adult stripers. 1961J. Steinbeck Winter of our Discontent xv. 292 Stripers come in sometimes. 1974Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald-Jrnl. 21 Apr. b6/5 A hybrid is a cross between a striper and a white bass. |