striper n 1: a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service; "he's a four-striper" 2: caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: {striped bass}] 3: marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone [syn: {striped bass}, {Roccus saxatilis}, {rockfish}] [also: {stiper}]