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SKIPPER
captain, skipper
(noun) the naval officer in command of a military ship
master, captain, sea captain, skipper
(noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
skipper
(noun) a student who fails to attend classes
skipper
(verb) work as the skipper on a vessel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Skipper
A surname.
A male given name.
Anagrams
• Kippers, kippers
Etymology 1
Noun
skipper (plural skippers)
(nautical) The master of a ship.
A coach, director, or other leader.
(sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Synonyms
• (nautical): master, captain
Verb
skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)
(transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
Etymology 2
Noun
skipper (plural skippers)
Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
(obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leaps to escape predators.
Etymology 3
Noun
skipper (plural skippers)
A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
Verb
skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)
(intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.
Anagrams
• Kippers, kippers
Source: Wiktionary
Skip"per, n.
1. One who, or that which, skips.
2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Skip"per, n. Etym: [D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
2. A ship boy. [Obs.] Congreve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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