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Definition skipper
Etymology 1
From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper and Middle Low German schipper (literally “shipper”), equivalent to ship + -er. Cognate with Old English s?ipere (“sailor”), Old Norse skipari (“mariner”).
Noun
skipper (plural skippers)
- (nautical) The master of a ship.
- A coach, director, or other leader.
- (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Verb
skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)
- (transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
Etymology 2
From Middle English skippere, skyppare, equivalent to skip + -er.
Noun
skipper (plural skippers)
- Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
- A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
- 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.
- Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
- (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
- The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leaps to escape predators.
Etymology 3
Probably from Welsh [Term?] (“a barn”).
Noun
skipper (plural skippers)
Verb
skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)
- (intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.
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