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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)

  1. (nautical) The master of a ship.
  2. A coach, director, or other leader.
  3. (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)

  1. (transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

skipper (plural skippers)

  1. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
  2. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
  3. 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.
  4. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
  5. (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
  6. 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)

  1. A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
Verb

skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)

  1. (intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.

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ES 2
IS 2
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PE 5
PI 5
RE 2
SI 2

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