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skipper

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saury  \Sau"ry\,  n.;  pl  {Sauries}.  [Etymol.  uncertain.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  slender  marine  fish  ({Scomberesox  saurus})  of  Europe  and 
  America.  It  has  long,  thin,  beaklike  jaws.  Called  also 
  {billfish},  {gowdnook},  {gawnook},  {skipper},  {skipjack}, 
  {skopster},  {lizard  fish},  and  {Egypt  herring}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skipper  \Skip"per\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  skips. 
 
  2.  A  young,  thoughtless  person.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  The  saury  ({Scomberesox  saurus}). 
 
  4.  The  cheese  maggot.  See  {Cheese  fly},  under  {Cheese}. 
 
  5.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  small 
  butterflies  of  the  family  {Hesperiad[ae]};  --  so  called 
  from  their  peculiar  short,  jerking  flight. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Skipper  \Skip"per\,  n.  [D.  schipper.  See  {Shipper},  and  {Ship}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  skipper 
  n  1:  an  officer  who  is  licensed  to  command  a  merchant  ship  [syn: 
  {master},  {captain},  {sea  captain}] 
  2:  the  naval  officer  in  command  of  a  military  ship  [syn:  {captain}] 
  v  :  work  as  the  skipper  on  a  vessel




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