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noun
1.
the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
2.
a captain or leader, as of a team.
verb (used with object)
3.
to act as skipper of.
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Skipper
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is peculate. Does it mean:
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
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| skipper2 (ˈskɪpə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that skips |
| 2. | any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, having a hairy mothlike body and erratic darting flight |
| 3. | another name for saury |
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skipper
"captain or master of a ship," late 14c., from M.Du. scipper, from scip (see ship). Transfered sense of "captain of a sporting team" is from 1830.
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