SKIPPERS
Noun
skippers
plural of skipper
Source: Wiktionary
SKIPPER
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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