Usually means: Volunteer, often hospital, wearing stripes.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word candy striper:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. candy striper: Merriam-Webster
  2. candy-striper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. candy striper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. candy striper: Collins English Dictionary
  5. candy striper: Vocabulary.com
  6. candy striper: Wiktionary
  7. candy striper: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. candy striper: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. candy striper: Dictionary.com
  10. Candy Striper, Candy striper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. candy striper: Rhymezone
  12. candy striper: FreeDictionary.org
  13. candy striper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. candy striper: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. candy striper: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. candy-striper, candy striper: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. candy striper: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See candy_stripers as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (candy striper)

▸ noun:  (US) A volunteer worker in a hospital or hospice.

Similar:
stickman, candy man, strawberry, candy kid, candy-man, sick nurse, vamp, candyman, body snatcher, stripagram, more...

Opposite:
volunteer, orderly, nurse's aide

Types:
hospital volunteer, junior volunteer, student nurse, more...

Adjectives:
white-shoe, clubby, bear, clubbable, one-time, jake, copper, serial, peddling, barney, hucksterish

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Similar:
stickman, candy man, strawberry, candy kid, candy-man, sick nurse, vamp, candyman, body snatcher, stripagram, more...

Opposite:
volunteer, orderly, nurse's aide

Types:
hospital volunteer, junior volunteer, student nurse, more...

Adjectives:
white-shoe, clubby, bear, clubbable, one-time, jake, copper, serial, peddling, barney, hucksterish



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