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Definition of Skipper

1. Verb. Work as the skipper on a vessel.

2. Noun. A student who fails to attend classes.

3. Noun. An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship.

4. Noun. The naval officer in command of a military ship.

Definition of Skipper

1. n. One who, or that which, skips.

2. n. The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

Definition of Skipper

1. Noun. (nautical) The master of a ship. (literally, 'shipper') ¹

2. Noun. A coach, director, or other leader. ¹

3. Noun. (sports) the captain of a sports team such as cricket, rugby or curling ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To be the skipper of a ship ¹

5. Noun. A person who skips, or fails to attend class. ¹

6. Noun. Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae ¹

7. Noun. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially ''Cololabis saira'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skipper

1. to act as master or captain of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Skipper

1. 1. The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel. 2. A ship boy. Origin: D. Schipper. See Shipper, and Ship. 1. One who, or that which, skips. 2. A young, thoughtless person. 3. The saury (Scomberesox saurus). 4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. 5. Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skipper

skip rope skip town skip tracer skipathon skipathons skipjack skipjack tuna skipjacks skiplane skiplanes

skippable skipped skipped a beat skipped generation skippenite skipper (current term) skippered skippering skippers skippet

skippets skippier skippiest skipping skipping a beat skipping rope skipping ropes skippingly skippings skippy

Literary usage of Skipper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"Not to be too prolix, he was Cap'n William G. Leale, skipper of the sternwheel bay steamboat Caroline. Those who love him call him "Bill" Leale, ..."

2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"skipper Tom sharply withdrew his interest from the picture. ... Cobden faced the skipper squarely. He surveyed the genial fellow with curious interest. ..."

3. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"skipper Ireson's Ride, was in real life Captain Benjamin Floyd Ireson. The poem tells how the skipper for his hardheartedness in sailing away from a leaking ..."

4. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"skipper Ireson's Ride, was in real life Captain Benjamin Floyd Ireson. The poem tells how the skipper for his hardheartedness in sailing away from a leaking ..."

5. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Body of turkey, head of owl, Wings a-droop like a rained-on fowl, Feathered and ruffled in every part, skipper Ireson stood in the cart. ..."

6. Golden Poems by British and American Authors by Francis Fisher Browne (1906)
"THE NANTUCKET skipper MANY a long, long year ago, Nantucket skippers had a plan ... Snug in his berth, at eight o'clock, This ancient skipper might be found ..."

7. An Introduction to Poetry by Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty (1922)
"John Keats (1795-1821) Perhaps the best of American ballads are Longfellow's "Skeleton in Armor," Lanier's "Revenge of Hamish," and Whittier's "skipper ..."

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