Skipper
['skɪpə] or ['skɪpɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a student who fails to attend classes.
(verb.) work as the skipper on a vessel.
Edited by Fred--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, skips.
(n.) A young, thoughtless person.
(n.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
(n.) The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
(n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
(n.) A ship boy.
Inputed by Andre
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Master (of a small vessel), captain.[2]. (Ich.) Saury-pike (Scomberesox saurus).[3]. [Ent.] Cheese maggot.
Inputed by Bartholomew
Definition
n. a barn a shed in which to shelter for the night.—v.i. to shelter in such a place.—n. Skipp′er-bird a tramp.
n. the master of a merchant-ship.—Skipper's daughters white-topped waves.
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Examples
- Those who were not got a piece of rancid salt pork from the skipper, and cut a large, thick slice out of it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The skipper of a shallop, employed between Cape May and Philadelphia, had done us some small service, for which he refused to be paid. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Well, we took him on board, this man, and he and the skipper had some long talks in the cabin. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As I have said, I am the skipper of the Rugger team of Cambridge 'Varsity, and Godfrey Staunton is my best man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The skippers might not like it, objected Dick anxiously. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Why, I was first reserve for England against Wales, and I've skippered the 'Varsity all this year. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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