stripe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A long band of color that is different from the area around it.

   The flag has red and white stripes.

2. 2
   noun

   A V-shaped badge on a uniform showing military rank.

   He earned his sergeant's stripes after years of service.

3. 3
   noun

   A type or kind of person or thing.

   Businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal.

From Middle English stripe, strype, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strîpe, from Proto-West Germanic *strīpā, *strīpō, from Proto-Germanic *strīpô. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Striepe (“stripe, strip”), West Frisian stripe (“stripe”), Dutch streep (“stripe”), German Low German Striepe, Striep, Streep (“stripe”), German Streifen (“stripe, strip, band”), Danish stribe (“stripe”).

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