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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Skipper

/skĭp'-ẽr/ · Skip·per · IPA /ˈskɪpɚ/
01 n. One who, or that which, skips.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, skips.
  2. 2.
    A young, thoughtless person.
  3. 3.
    The saury (Scomberesox saurus).(Zool.)
  4. 4.
    The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. See: Cheese
  5. 5.
    Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.(Zool.)
02 n. The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
  1. 1.
    The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.(Naut.)
  2. 2.
    A ship boy.[Obs.]