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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SOUARI

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