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Webster 1913 Edition
Skipper
Skip′per
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, skips.
2.
A young, thoughtless person.
Shak.
3.
(Zool.)
The saury (
Scomberesox saurus
). 4.
The cheese maggot. See
Cheese fly
, under Cheese
. 5.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family
Hesperiadae
; – so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight. Webster 1828 Edition
Skipper
SKIP'PER
,Noun.
1.
The master of a small trading vessel.2.
(from skip.) A dancer.3.
A youngling; a young thoughtless person.4.
The hornfish, so called.5.
The cheese maggot.Definition 2024
skipper
skipper
English
Noun
skipper (plural skippers)
- (nautical) The master of a ship.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
- The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
-
- A coach, director, or other leader.
- (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
- 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:
- But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool
-
Synonyms
Translations
master of a ship
captain of sports team
Verb
skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)
- (transitive) To captain a ship.
Etymology 2
See skip (verb).
Noun
skipper (plural skippers)
- Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
- A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
- Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
- Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
- (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leap to escape predators.
Translations
butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
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fish
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowing from English skipper.
Noun
skipper m (plural skippers)
Verb
skipper
- to skipper
Conjugation
Conjugation of skipper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skipper | avoir skippé | |||||
| gerund | en skippant | en ayant skippé | |||||
| present participle | skippant /ski.pɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | skippé /ski.pe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | skippe /skip/ |
skippes /skip/ |
skippe /skip/ |
skippons /ski.pɔ̃/ |
skippez /ski.pe/ |
skippent /skip/ |
| imperfect | skippais /ski.pɛ/ |
skippais /ski.pɛ/ |
skippait /ski.pɛ/ |
skippions /ski.pjɔ̃/ |
skippiez /ski.pje/ |
skippaient /ski.pɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | skippai /ski.pe/ |
skippas /ski.pa/ |
skippa /ski.pa/ |
skippâmes /ski.pam/ |
skippâtes /ski.pat/ |
skippèrent /ski.pɛʁ/ |
|
| future | skipperai /ski.pʁe/ |
skipperas /ski.pʁa/ |
skippera /ski.pʁa/ |
skipperons /ski.pʁɔ̃/ |
skipperez /ski.pʁe/ |
skipperont /ski.pʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | skipperais /ski.pʁɛ/ |
skipperais /ski.pʁɛ/ |
skipperait /ski.pʁɛ/ |
skipperions /ski.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
skipperiez /ski.pə.ʁje/ |
skipperaient /ski.pʁɛ/ |
|
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | skippe /skip/ |
skippes /skip/ |
skippe /skip/ |
skippions /ski.pjɔ̃/ |
skippiez /ski.pje/ |
skippent /skip/ |
| imperfect1 |
skippasse /ski.pas/ |
skippasses /ski.pas/ |
skippât /ski.pa/ |
skippassions /ski.pa.sjɔ̃/ |
skippassiez /ski.pa.sje/ |
skippassent /ski.pas/ |
|
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | skippe /skip/ |
— | skippons /ski.pɔ̃/ |
skippez /ski.pe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German schipper
Noun
skipper m (definite singular skipperen, indefinite plural skippere, definite plural skipperne)
References
- “skipper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German schipper
Noun
skipper m (definite singular skipperen, indefinite plural skipperar, definite plural skipperane)
References
- “skipper” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.