skipper

skipper
I. noun Date: 13th century 1. any of various erratically active insects (as a click beetle or a water strider) 2. one that skips 3. saury 4. any of a superfamily (Hesperioidea, especially family Hesperiidae) of lepidopterous insects that visibly differ from the typical butterflies especially in having stout bodies, smaller wings, and usually hooked antennae II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch schipper, from schip ship; akin to Old English scip ship — more at ship Date: 14th century 1. the master of a ship; especially the master of a fishing, small trading, or pleasure boat 2. the captain or first pilot of an airplane 3. a person in a position of leadership; especially a baseball team's manager III. transitive verb (skippered; skippering) Date: 1893 1. to act as skipper of (as a boat) 2. to act as coach of (as a team)

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Synonyms:
(of a small vessel), / (Scomberesox saurus) /


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  • Skipper — may refer to: * Skipper (boating), captain of a vessel * Skipper (cricket), captain of a team * Skipper (butterfly), a type of insect * The Skipper, a character from Gilligan s Island * Skipper Roberts, a line of dolls * Beechcraft Skipper, a… …   Wikipedia

  • Skipper — m English: originally a nickname from the vocabulary word skipper boss (originally a ship s captain, from Middle Dutch schipper), or else representing an agent derivative of skip to leap, bound (probably of Scandinavian origin). It is now… …   First names dictionary

  • skipper — skipper1 [skip′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that skips 2. SAURY 3. any of a family (Hesperiidae) of mostly small, heavy bodied butterflies, having threadlike antennae usually ending in a hook, and characterized by short, erratic bursts of flight 4 …   English World dictionary

  • Skipper — Skip per, n. 1. One who, or that which, skips. [1913 Webster] 2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo[ o]l.) The saury ({Scomberesox saurus}). [1913 Webster] 4. The cheese maggot. See {Cheese fly}, under {Cheese}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Skipper — Skip per, n. [D. schipper. See {Shipper}, and {Ship}.] 1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel. [1913 Webster] 2. A ship boy. [Obs.] Congreve. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • skipper — / skipə/, it. / skip:er/ s. ingl. [dal medio oland. schipper ], usato in ital. al masch. (marin.) [chi conduce un imbarcazione, spec. a vela] ▶◀ navigatore. ‖ capitano, (lett.) nocchiero, (non com.) pilota …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • Skipper — Sm Schipper …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • skipper — captain or master of a ship, late 14c., from M.Du. scipper, from scip (see SHIP (Cf. ship)). Transferred sense of captain of a sporting team is from 1830 …   Etymology dictionary

  • skipper — |squípar| s. 2 g. [Náutica] Capitão de uma embarcação. = ARRAIS, MESTRE, PATRÃO   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa, do neerlandês scipper, de scip, barco …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • skipper — informal ► NOUN 1) the captain of a ship, boat, or aircraft. 2) the captain of a side in a game or sport. ► VERB ▪ act as captain of. ORIGIN Dutch, Low German schipper, from schip ship …   English terms dictionary

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