skipper

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skip⋅per

1 [skip-er]

–noun

1.	the master or captain of a vessel, esp. 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.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MD schipper, equiv. to schip ship + -er -er ¹

2 [skip-er]

–noun

1.	a person or thing that skips.

2.	any of various insects that hop or fly with jerky motions.

3.	any of numerous quick-flying, lepidopterous insects of the family Hesperiidae, closely related to the true butterflies.

4.	saury (def. 1).

Origin:
1200–50; ME: locust. See skip ¹ , -er ¹

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skip·per¹ (skĭp'ər)

tr.v. skip·pered, skip·per·ing, skip·pers
To act as the skipper of.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch, from scip, ship.]

skip·per² (skĭp'ər)

One that skips.
Any of numerous butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and Megathymidae, 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 the saury Cololabis saira of Pacific waters.

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