Found 2 items, similar to Skipper.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: skipper skipper n 1: a student who fails to attend classes 2: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: master, captain, sea captain] 3: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: captain] v : work as the skipper on a vessel
English → English (gcide) Definition: Skipper Skipper \Skip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, skips. [1913 Webster] 2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus). [1913 Webster] 4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. [1913 Webster] 5. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiad[ae]; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight. [1913 Webster] Skipper \Skip"per\, n. [D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.] 1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel. [1913 Webster] 2. A ship boy. [Obs.] --Congreve. [1913 Webster]