Skipper Definition

skĭpər
skippered, skippering, skippers
noun
skippers

Saury.

Webster's New World
A person or thing that skips.
Webster's New World
The captain of a ship, esp. of a small ship or boat.
Webster's New World
Any of a family (Hesperiidae) of mostly small, heavy-bodied butterflies, having threadlike antennae usually ending in a hook, and characterized by short, erratic bursts of flight.
Webster's New World
Any skipping insect.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
skippered, skippering, skippers
To act as skipper of.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Skipper

Noun

Singular:
skipper
Plural:
skippers

Origin of Skipper

  • From Middle Dutch scipper, from scip]]. Compare German Schiff, Schipp, Old Norse skip; confer ship, skiff.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Middle Dutch from scip ship

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See to skip.

    From Wiktionary

Skipper Sentence Examples

  • Barbie gained a younger sister, Skipper, in 1964.

  • Have now become Scotland's best fed Day Skipper.

  • Butterflies include the dark green and Duke of Burgundy fritillary, chalkhill blue, brown Argus and silver-spotted skipper.

  • To charter a yacht bareboat you should be Day Skipper standard and be assisted by at least one competent crew.

  • At New York, in order to earn a living, he became first a chandler, and afterwards a trading skipper, returning to Italy in 1854 with a small fortune, and purchasing the island of Caprera, on which he built the house thenceforth his home.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to skipper using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

SSKSKI

Words Ending With

RERPER

Unscrambles

skipper

Words Starting With S and Ending With R

Starts With S & Ends With RStarts With SK & Ends With RStarts With S & Ends With ER

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With S7 Letter Words Ending With R