skipper

The skipper is the captain of a ship.

(noun)

The man who is the captain on your yacht is an example of the skipper.

See skipper in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person or thing that skips
saury
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
any skipping insect

noun

Origin: ME < MDu schipper < schip, a ship

transitive verb

to act as skipper of

See skipper in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

transitive verb skip·pered, skip·per·ing, skip·pers

To act as the skipper of.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Middle Dutch

Origin: , from scip, ship

noun

One that skips.
Any of numerous butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and Megathymidae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially the saury Cololabis saira of Pacific waters.

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