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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Nautical The master of a ship.
- noun A coach, director, or other leader.
- transitive verb To act as the skipper of.
- noun One that skips.
- noun Any of numerous butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and Megathymidae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
- noun Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially a saury.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch, from scip, ship.]
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