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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