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
noun
Origin: ME < MDu schipper < schip, a ship
transitive verb
See skipper in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Middle Dutch
Origin: , from scip, ship
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