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Pronunciation : Skip"per
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. One who, or that which, skips.

2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak.

3. (Zo?l.)

Defn: The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

5. (Zo?l.)

Defn: Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiad?; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Skip"per
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.]
Definition : 1. (Naut.)

Defn: The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

2. A ship boy. [Obs.] Congreve.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913