1. skipper - Noun
2. skipper - Verb
3. Skipper - Proper noun
One who, or that which, skips.
A young, thoughtless person.
The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
A ship boy.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
.. How glad I was when this doctor took me for an ordinary workingman and said: "I suppose you are an iron worker." That is just what I have tried to change in myself; when I was younger, I looked like one who has been intellectually overwrought, and now I look like a skipper or an iron worker. Vincent van Gogh
The skipper stormed and tore his hair, Hauled on his boots and roared at Marden- "Nantucket's sunk and here we are Right over old Marm Hackett's garden!" James Thomas Fields
In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really. Bryan Robson
Fact: The new '90210' is cooler than the old '90210.' It's the lithe, streamlined Skipper to the elder series' venerable Barbie. Gone are the traditional parents - they've been replaced by a hipster mom n' pop who get busted necking in the car. Diablo Cody
Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain. Richie Benaud