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skip⋅per

1  [skip-er]
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–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
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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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Skipper

Skip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, skips.

2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

5. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiad[ae]; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

Skipper

Skip"per\, n. [D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.]

1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

2. A ship boy. [Obs.] --Congreve.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : skipper
Spanish: capitán,
German: der Kapitän,
Japanese: 船長
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skipper 
"captain or master of a ship," 1390, from M.Du. scipper, from scip (see ship). Transf. sense of "captain of a sporting team" is from 1830.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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