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Skipper
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. One who, or that which, skips.
2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak.
3. The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
5. Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
2. A ship boy. [Obs.] Congreve.