Definition of Skipper in English :

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Skipper meaning in English

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Skipper

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Noun

1. skipper

a student who fails to attend classes

2. captain, master, sea captain, skipper

an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

3. captain, skipper

the naval officer in command of a military ship

Verb

4. skipper

work as the skipper on a vessel

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Skipper

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verb
4. 
to act as skipper (of)
noun
1. 
a person or thing that skips
2. 
any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, having a hairy mothlike body and erratic darting flight
3.  another name for saury
noun
1. 
the captain of any vessel
2. 
the captain of an aircraft
3. 
a manager or leader, as of a sporting team

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Skipper

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noun
1. 
a person or thing that skips
2. 
saury
3. 
any of a family (Hesperiidae) of mostly small, heavy-bodied butterflies, having threadlike antennae usually ending in a hook, and characterized by short, erratic bursts of flight
4. 
any skipping insect
noun
1. 
the captain of a ship, esp. of a small ship or boat
2. 
any leader, director, or captain
verb transitive
3. 
to act as skipper of

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Skipper

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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.
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 a saury.

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