four-striper

[ fawr-strahy-per, fohr- ]
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noun
  1. a captain in the U.S. Navy.

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How to use four-striper in a sentence

  • In a few minutes the door opened, and through it there stepped a grizzled four-striper.

    Spacehounds of IPC | Edward Elmer Smith
  • He was decorated again and given the battlewagon of an ailing four-striper.

    The Adventurer | Cyril M. Kornbluth