skipper

CEFRB2

/ˈskɪp.ə/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The captain of a boat or sports team.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A coach, director, or other leader.

Examples

  • Would you like to skipper for a while?

  • Let's call the dog Skipper.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • [ˈskɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈskɪp.ɹ̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

  2. The master of a ship.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To captain a ship or a sports team.

More examples

In context

  • Tom likes to skipper small sailboats.

  • Plain nylon doeks...Men's knitted skippers, long sleeves, three buttons in front.

  • The special constables..were issued with one pair of boots, two overalls, one raincoat, and two skippers — but no shirts or warm coats.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.