stripper

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish
noun a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
noun a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music

From strip + -er.

Pillers: pillagers, strippers; French, “pilleurs.” 10. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
He thought dimly of the stripper he'd seen when he walked in on Palveri. — Occasion ... for Disaster, Randall Garrett
[A16-389] Finally, at least one policeman regularly dated, and eventually married, one of the Carousel’s strippers. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission

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