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skipper

1 American  
[skip-er] / ˈskɪp ər /

noun

  1. the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.

  2. a captain or leader, as of a team.

verb (used with object)

  1. to act as skipper of.

skipper 2 American  
[skip-er] / ˈskɪp ər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that skips.

  2. any of various insects that hop or fly with jerky motions.

  3. any of numerous quick-flying, lepidopterous insects of the family Hesperiidae, closely related to the true butterflies.

  4. saury.

skipper 1 British  
/ ˈskɪpə /

noun

  1. the captain of any vessel

  2. the captain of an aircraft

  3. a manager or leader, as of a sporting team

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to act as skipper (of)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
skipper 2 British  
/ ˈskɪpə /

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of skipper1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch schipper, equivalent to schip ship 1 + -er -er 1

Origin of skipper2

1200–50; Middle English: locust. See skip 1, -er 1

Example Sentences

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Australia, who lost the first match by 22 runs and the second by 90, were jolted early when skipper Mitchell Marsh was bowled by Shaheen Shah Afridi for one.

From Barron's

The England white-ball skipper had initially said he was out on his own in Wellington on 1 November, the evening before a one-day international.

From BBC

United have been linked with a number of central midfield players, including former Wolves skipper Ruben Neves who now plays in Saudi Arabia for Al-Hilal.

From BBC

Moeen, who won two IPL titles with Chennai Super Kings and captained Worcestershire to their first Blast triumph in 2018, also skippered Birmingham Phoenix to the final of the inaugural Hundred tournament.

From BBC

The Brook-Root partnership played out in that exact manner, with the England skipper accelerating dramatically as England scored 130 off the last 10 overs, having set a platform in the middle overs.

From BBC

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