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Skipper
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A male given name.
- 1 The master of a ship.
"The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy."
- 2 Agent noun of skip: one who skips. agent, form-of
- 3 A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
- 4 A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt. South-Africa
"Plain nylon doeks...Men's knitted skippers, long sleeves, three buttons in front."
- 5 the naval officer in command of a military ship wordnet
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- 6 A coach, director, or other leader.
- 7 A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
- 8 an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship wordnet
- 9 The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
"But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool"
- 10 One who jumps rope.
- 11 a student who fails to attend classes wordnet
- 12 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.
"Blue skippers in sunny hours ope and shut Where wormwood and grunsel flowers by the cart ruts […]"
- 13 Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
- 14 A young, thoughtless person. obsolete
"Skipper, stand back; 'tis age that nourisheth"
- 15 The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
- 1 To captain a ship or a sports team. transitive
"Tourist subs, which could once be skippered by anyone with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license"
- 2 To take shelter in a barn or shed. intransitive
- 3 work as the skipper on a vessel wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.
From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.
From Middle English skippere, skyppare, equivalent to skip + -er.
Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).
Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).
Unknown, perhaps related to jumper.
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