skipper means A surname.
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skipper is pronounced /ˈskɪp.ə/.
Etymology
From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.
name
- A surname.
- A male given name.
noun
- The master of a ship.
- A coach, director, or other leader.
- The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.e.g.“But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool” — 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:
- Synonym of detective sergeant, especially as a term of direct address.
- A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
- One who jumps rope.
- Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.e.g.“Blue skippers in sunny hours ope and shut
Where wormwood and grunsel flowers by the cart ruts […]” — c. 1864, John Clare, We passed by green closes:
- Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
- A young, thoughtless person.e.g.“Skipper, stand back; 'tis age that nourisheth” — c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blo
- The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
- A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
- A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt.e.g.“Plain nylon doeks...Men's knitted skippers, long sleeves, three buttons in front.” — 1971 June 26, Golden City Post:
verb
- To captain a ship or a sports team.e.g.“Tourist subs, which could once be skippered by anyone with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license” — 2019, Tony Perrottet, “A Deep Dive Into the Plans to Take Tourists to the ‘Titanic’”, in Smithsonian Magazine:
- To take shelter in a barn or shed.
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