Skipper

//ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A male given name.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    Agent noun of skip: one who skips. agent, form-of
  3. 3
    A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
  4. 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. 5
    the naval officer in command of a military ship wordnet
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  1. 6
    A coach, director, or other leader.
  2. 7
    A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
  3. 8
    an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship wordnet
  4. 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"

  5. 10
    One who jumps rope.
  6. 11
    a student who fails to attend classes wordnet
  7. 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 […]"

  8. 13
    Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
  9. 14
    A young, thoughtless person. obsolete

    "Skipper, stand back; 'tis age that nourisheth"

  10. 15
    The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    To take shelter in a barn or shed. intransitive
  3. 3
    work as the skipper on a vessel wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

From Middle English skippere, skyppare, equivalent to skip + -er.

Etymology 4

Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).

Etymology 5

Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).

Etymology 6

Unknown, perhaps related to jumper.

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