From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stripper \Strip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine
for stripping cards.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Agric.) A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so
that it can be obtained from her only by stripping.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. (Agric.) A harvesting machine that strips the seed from
the stalks of grain plants.
[PJC]
4. a solvent or chemical solution used to remove coatings of
paint, varnish, lacquer, etc. prior to refinishing a
surface.
[PJC]
5. a person (usually a woman) who strips off her clothes as
an entertainment performance; one who does a strip-tease;
-- also called an {ecdysiast}, {exotic dancer}, or
{strip-teaser}.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stripper
n 1: a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish
2: a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves
and binds the leaves together into books [syn: {stripper},
{stemmer}, {sprigger}]
3: a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing
to music [syn: {stripper}, {striptease artist}, {striptease},
{stripteaser}, {exotic dancer}, {ecdysiast}, {peeler}]
4: an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten
barrels a day [syn: {stripper well}, {stripper}]
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