skipper
skip·per1 / ˈskipər/ inf. • n. the captain of a ship or boat. ∎ the captain of a team in a game or sport. ∎ the captain of an aircraft.• v. [tr.] act as captain of.skip·per2 • n. 1. a person or thing that skips. ∎ used in names of small insects and crustaceans that skip or hop. 2. a small brownish mothlike butterfly (family Hesperiidae) with rapid darting flight. 3. the Atlantic saury (see saury).
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