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Definition of candy striper noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

candy striper

noun
 
/ˈkændi straɪpə(r)/
 
/ˈkændi straɪpər/
(North American English)
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  1. a young person, usually a girl, who works in a hospital as a nurse’s assistant without being paid
    • As a teenager she started volunteering as a candy striper at Guelph General Hospital.
See candy striper in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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