Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Skipper"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and
America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also
{billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack},
{skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skipper \Skip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, skips.
2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The saury ({Scomberesox saurus}).
4. The cheese maggot. See {Cheese fly}, under {Cheese}.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small
butterflies of the family {Hesperiad[ae]}; -- so called
from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skipper \Skip"per\, n. [D. schipper. See {Shipper}, and {Ship}.]
1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel;
hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
2. A ship boy. [Obs.] --Congreve.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skipper
n 1: a student who fails to attend classes
2: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn:
{master}, {captain}, {sea captain}]
3: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: {captain}]
v : work as the skipper on a vessel
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.