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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

skip⋅per

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·per 1   (skĭp'ər)   
n.  
  1. Nautical The master of a ship.

  2. A coach, director, or other leader.

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

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch, from scip, ship.]
skip·per 2   (skĭp'ər)   
n.  
  1. One that skips.

  2. 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.

  3. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially the saury Cololabis saira of Pacific waters.

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