Skipper

Quick meaning: Skipper is a noun meaning (nautical) The master of a ship.

Meaning

(nautical) The master of a ship.

More Meanings

1. A coach, director, or other leader.
2. (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
3. (transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
4. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
5. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
6. (sports) One who jumps rope.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

Skipper, stand back; 'tis age that nourisheth

Plain nylon doeks...Men's knitted skippers, long sleeves, three buttons in front.

Tourist subs, which could once be skippered by anyone with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license

Blue skippers in sunny hours ope and shut Where wormwood and grunsel flowers by the cart ruts […]

Word Forms

• skippers
• skippering
• skippered

Synonyms for skipper

Depending on context, synonyms include master, captain, jumper, tee-shirt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include captain, master, sailor, coxswain, navigator, pilot.

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