Definition of "skipper" []

• Nautical The master of a ship. (noun)
• A coach, director, or other leader. (noun)
• To act as the skipper of. (verb-transitive)
• One that skips. (noun)
• Any of numerous butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and Megathymidae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern. (noun)

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• "And we've got Margot standing by with a certain skipper of a certain playoff-bound team, and I'll bet he knows all about post-season excitement."
• "Boig the skipper, is in the harbor and Grief learns from his trader Ieremia of a banknote reading "The First Royal Bank of Fitu-Iva will pay to bearer on demand one pound sterling," the note signed "Chancellor of the Exchequer" Fulualea — a Fijian name meaning "feathers of the sun.""
• "I will have to wait until my skipper is back for lates on Wednesday to hear all the war stories."