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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024skip•per1 /ˈskɪpɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Naval Termsthe master or captain of a vessel, esp. of a small vessel.
- a captain or leader, as of a team.
v. [~ + object] - to act as skipper of.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024skip•per1 (skip′ər),USA pronunciation n. - Naval Termsthe master or captain of a vessel, esp. of a small trading or fishing vessel.
- a captain or leader, as of a team.
v.t. - to act as skipper of.
- Middle Dutch schipper, equivalent. to schip ship + -er -er1
- Middle English 1350–1400
- a person or thing that skips.
- any of various insects that hop or fly with jerky motions.
- Insectsany of numerous quick-flying, lepidopterous insects of the family Hesperiidae, closely related to the true butterflies.
- Fishsaury (def. 1).
- Middle English: locust. See skip1, -er1 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: skipper /ˈskɪpə/ n - the captain of any vessel
- the captain of an aircraft
- a manager or leader, as of a sporting team
vb - to act as skipper (of)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schipper shipper skipper /ˈskɪpə/ n - a person or thing that skips
- any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, having a hairy mothlike body and erratic darting flight
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