- Skipper
- Skip|perder; -s, -<aus engl. skipper »Kapitän«, dies aus mittelniederl. schipper »Schiffer«>Kapitän einer [Segel]jacht
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skipper — [ skipɶr ] n. m. • 1773; mot angl. ♦ Anglic. Mar. 1 ♦ Capitaine d un yacht de course croisière. Un « yacht grand standing avec skipper à casquette et veste à deux rangées de boutons » (Paris Match, 1973). 2 ♦ Barreur d un voilier participant à… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Skipper — may refer to: * Skipper (boating), captain of a vessel * Skipper (cricket), captain of a team * Skipper (butterfly), a type of insect * The Skipper, a character from Gilligan s Island * Skipper Roberts, a line of dolls * Beechcraft Skipper, a… … Wikipedia
Skipper — m English: originally a nickname from the vocabulary word skipper boss (originally a ship s captain, from Middle Dutch schipper), or else representing an agent derivative of skip to leap, bound (probably of Scandinavian origin). It is now… … First names dictionary
skipper — skipper1 [skip′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that skips 2. SAURY 3. any of a family (Hesperiidae) of mostly small, heavy bodied butterflies, having threadlike antennae usually ending in a hook, and characterized by short, erratic bursts of flight 4 … English World dictionary
Skipper — Skip per, n. 1. One who, or that which, skips. [1913 Webster] 2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo[ o]l.) The saury ({Scomberesox saurus}). [1913 Webster] 4. The cheese maggot. See {Cheese fly}, under {Cheese}. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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. [1913 Webster] 2. A ship boy. [Obs.] Congreve. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skipper — / skipə/, it. / skip:er/ s. ingl. [dal medio oland. schipper ], usato in ital. al masch. (marin.) [chi conduce un imbarcazione, spec. a vela] ▶◀ navigatore. ‖ capitano, (lett.) nocchiero, (non com.) pilota … Enciclopedia Italiana
Skipper — Sm Schipper … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
skipper — captain or master of a ship, late 14c., from M.Du. scipper, from scip (see SHIP (Cf. ship)). Transferred sense of captain of a sporting team is from 1830 … Etymology dictionary
skipper — |squípar| s. 2 g. [Náutica] Capitão de uma embarcação. = ARRAIS, MESTRE, PATRÃO ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa, do neerlandês scipper, de scip, barco … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
skipper — informal ► NOUN 1) the captain of a ship, boat, or aircraft. 2) the captain of a side in a game or sport. ► VERB ▪ act as captain of. ORIGIN Dutch, Low German schipper, from schip ship … English terms dictionary
