Skipper
English Meaning
One who, or that which, skips.
- Nautical The master of a ship.
- A coach, director, or other leader.
- To act as the skipper of.
- 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.