skipper
skipper is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A young, thoughtless person. Shak.
- 2.(Zoöl.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
- 3.The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
- 4.(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
- 5.(Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
- 6.A ship boy. [Obs.] Congreve.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- able
- aerial
- aeronaut
- aeroplanist
- air
- airman
- attendant
- aviator
- aviatrix
- balloonist
- bargee
- bargeman
- birdman
- boatman
- boatswain
- bush
- cockswain
- coxswain
- crew
- dock
- ferryman
- flier
- flight
- glider
- gondolier
- jack
- jolly
- lighterman
- longshoreman
- man
- marine
- mariner
- middy
- midshipman
- navigator
- oar
- oarsman
- pilot
- rower
- sailor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is skipper.
- What is the cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese called?
- What is any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight called?
- What is the master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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