skipper Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a student who fails to attend classes
  2. noun an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
    captain; master; sea captain.
  3. noun the naval officer in command of a military ship
    captain.
  4. verb work as the skipper on a vessel

WordNet

Skip"per noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, skips.
  2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak.
  3. (Zoöl.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
  4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
  5. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Skip"per noun
Etymology
D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
  2. A ship boy. Obs. Congreve.

Webster 1913