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ec⋅dys⋅i⋅ast

[ek-diz-ee-ast, -ist]
–noun
stripper (def. 3).

Origin:
ecdysi(s) + -ast, var. of -ist after a vowel; coined by H. L. Mencken in 1940

strip⋅per

[strip-er]
–noun
1. a person who strips.
2. a thing that strips, as an appliance or machine for stripping.
3. Also called ecdysiast, exotic dancer, stripteaser. a person who performs a striptease.
4. a harvesting machine for stripping the seed heads from the stalks of grain.
5. a machine used in harvesting cotton to strip the bolls from the plants.
6. a chemical solution that removes varnish, paint, wax, etc., from a surface, as of furniture or flooring.
7. any of several rollers covered with card clothing that operate in combination with the worker rollers and the cylinder in the carding of fibers.
8. Printing. a worker who assembles and strips photographic negatives or positives for platemaking. Compare strip 2 (def. 10).

Origin:
1575–85; strip 1 + -er 1
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ec·dys·i·ast   (ěk-dĭz'ē-āst', -əst)   
n.  A striptease artist.

[From ecdysis.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
stripper

  1. n.
    a striptease artist. : Strippers from all over assembled here for their fourth annual convention and immediately took off on a sight-seeing tour.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

ecdysiast 
H.L. Mencken's invented proper word for "strip-tease artist," 1940, from Gk. ekdysis "a stripping or casting off" (used scientifically with ref. to serpents shedding skin or crustacea molting), from ekdyein "to put off" (contrasted with endyo "to put on"), from ex- + dyo "sink, plunge, enter."

stripper 
"strip-tease dancer" is from 1930, from strip (v.). Strip-tease itself is first recorded 1936, though strip and tease were both used in this sense in late 1920s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: strip·per
Pronunciation: 'strip-&r
Function: noun
: a surgical instrument used for removal of a vein
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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