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What does skipper mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word skipper? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (nautical) The master of a ship.
  2. A coach, director, or other leader.
  3. (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To captain a ship.
Noun
  1. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
  2. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
  3. 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.
  4. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
  5. (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
  6. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leap to escape predators.
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