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skipper

1

[skip-er]

noun

  1. the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.

  2. a captain or leader, as of a team.



verb (used with object)

  1. to act as skipper of.

skipper

2

[skip-er]

noun

  1. a person or thing that skips.

  2. any of various insects that hop or fly with jerky motions.

  3. any of numerous quick-flying, lepidopterous insects of the family Hesperiidae, closely related to the true butterflies.

  4. saury.

skipper

1

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. the captain of any vessel

  2. the captain of an aircraft

  3. a manager or leader, as of a sporting team

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to act as skipper (of)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

skipper

2

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that skips

  2. any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, having a hairy mothlike body and erratic darting flight

  3. another name for saury

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skipper1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch schipper, equivalent to schip ship 1 + -er -er 1

Origin of skipper2

1200–50; Middle English: locust. See skip 1, -er 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skipper1

C14: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schipper shipper
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