skipper

IPA: skˈɪpɝ

(nautical) The master of a ship.
A coach, director, or other leader.
(sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
(sports) One who jumps rope.
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.
Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
(obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
(South Africa) A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt.
A surname.
A male given name.

Examples of "skipper" in Sentences

I will have to wait until my skipper is back for lates on Wednesday to hear all the war stories.
And we've got Margot standing by with a certain skipper of a certain playoff-bound team, and I'll bet he knows all about post-season excitement.
Boig the skipper, is in the harbor and Grief learns from his trader Ieremia of a banknote reading "The First Royal Bank of Fitu-Iva will pay to bearer on demand one pound sterling," the note signed "Chancellor of the Exchequer" Fulualea — a Fijian name meaning "feathers of the sun."