name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
skipper
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Australian, General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskɪp.ə/
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Australian, General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈskɪp.ə]
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New-Zealand: /ˈskɘp.ɘ/
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New-Zealand: [ˈskɘp.ɘ]
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Canadian, General-American, Standard: /ˈskɪp.ɚ/
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Canadian, General-American, Standard: [ˈskɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈskɪp.ɹ̩]
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rhymes with -ɪpə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S K IH1 P ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name.
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noun
Meaning 3
The master of a ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: master, captain
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noun
Meaning 4
A coach, director, or other leader.
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noun
Meaning 5
The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
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Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 6
Synonym of detective sergeant, especially as a term of direct address.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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Synonyms: detective sergeant
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noun
Meaning 7
Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
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Usage: agent, form-of
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noun
Meaning 8
A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
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noun
Meaning 9
One who jumps rope.
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Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 10
Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
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noun
Meaning 11
Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
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noun
Meaning 12
A young, thoughtless person.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 13
The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
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noun
Meaning 14
A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
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noun
Meaning 15
A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt.
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Usage: South-Africa
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Synonyms: jumper, tee-shirt
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verb
Meaning 16
To captain a ship or a sports team.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 17
To take shelter in a barn or shed.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 18
the naval officer in command of a military ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: captain
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Broader terms: commissioned naval officer
Narrower terms: flag captain
noun
Meaning 19
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: master, captain, sea captain
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Broader terms: officer, ship's officer
Narrower terms: Kidd, William Kidd, Captain Kidd
noun
Meaning 20
a student who fails to attend classes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: student, pupil, educatee
verb
Meaning 21
work as the skipper on a vessel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: work
History
Etymology
From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.
From Middle English skippere, skyppare, equivalent to skip + -er.
Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).
Unknown, perhaps related to jumper.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬰𐬋 (nauuāzō) — master of a ship
- Bulgarian: шки́пер (škíper) — master of a ship
- Czech: kapitán — master of a ship
- Danish: skipper — master of a ship
- Danish: skibsfører — master of a ship
- Danish: kaptajn — master of a ship
- Dutch: schipper — master of a ship
- Dutch: kapitein — master of a ship
- Faroese: skipari — master of a ship
- Finnish: kippari — master of a ship
- French: capitaine — master of a ship
- French: skipper — master of a ship
- German: Schiffer — master of a ship
- German: Kapitän — master of a ship
- German: Schiffskapitän — master of a ship
- Greek: πλοίαρχος (ploíarchos) — master of a ship
- Greek: σκίπερ (skíper) — master of a ship
- Hebrew: סְקִיפֶּר (skipper) — master of a ship
- Hebrew: רַב סַפָּן (rav sapan) — master of a ship
- Irish: scipéir — master of a ship
- Italian: skipper — master of a ship
- Macedonian: капета́н (kapetán) — master of a ship
- Norwegian Bokmål: kaptein — master of a ship
- Norwegian Bokmål: skipper — master of a ship
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kaptein — master of a ship
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skipper — master of a ship
- Persian: ناخدا (nâxodâ) — master of a ship
- Russian: шки́пер (škíper) — master of a ship
- Russian: капита́н (kapitán) — master of a ship
- Scottish Gaelic: sgiobair — master of a ship
- Spanish: patrón — master of a ship
- Swedish: skeppare — master of a ship
- Swedish: kapten — master of a ship
- Welsh: capten — master of a ship
- Welsh: meistr — master of a ship
- Welsh: sgiper — master of a ship
- Czech: kapitán — coach, director, leader
- Finnish: kippari — coach, director, leader
- Spanish: entrenador — coach, director, leader
- Czech: kapitán — captain of sports team
- Finnish: kippari — captain of sports team
- German: Kapitän — captain of sports team
- German: Teamkapitän — captain of sports team
- German: Teamchef — captain of sports team
- German: Mannschaftskapitän — captain of sports team
- Irish: captaen — captain of sports team
- Macedonian: капите́н (kapitén) — captain of sports team
- Norwegian Bokmål: kaptein — captain of sports team
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kaptein — captain of sports team
- Scottish Gaelic: sgiobair — captain of sports team
- Spanish: capitan — captain of sports team
- Welsh: sgiper — captain of sports team
- Finnish: loikkija — one who skips
- Finnish: hyppijä — one who skips
- Bulgarian: кръшкач (krǎškač) — one who fails to attend class
- Finnish: lintsari — one who fails to attend class
- Russian: прогу́льщик (progúlʹščik) — one who fails to attend class
- Finnish: narunhyppääjä — one who jumps rope
- Chinese Mandarin: 弄蝶 (nòngdié) — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Dutch: dikkopje — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Finnish: paksupää — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Finnish: paksupääperhonen — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- French: hespéridé — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- West-Frisian: groukopflinter — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- German: Dickkopffalter — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Hungarian: busalepke — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Ido: hesperido — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Italian: esperido — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Latin: hesperiida — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Russian: толстоголо́вка (tolstogolóvka) — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Spanish: hespérido — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Welsh: gwibiwr — butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
- Finnish: saira — fish Cololabis saira
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