Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - skipper
Skipper
skipper
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a sea captain, esp. the master of a small trading or fishing vessel. 2 the captain of an aircraft. 3 the captain of a side in games. --v.tr. act as captain of. Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG schipper f. schip SHIP 2. n. 1 a person who skips. 2 any brown thick-bodied butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
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I. noun Date: 13th century any of various erratically active insects (as a click beetle or a water strider), one that skips, saury, any of a superfamily (Hesperioidea, especially family Hesperiidae) of lepidopterous insects that visibly differ from the typical butterflies especially in having stout bodies, smaller wings, and usually hooked antennae, II. noun see: ship Date: 14th century the master of a ship, the captain or first pilot of an airplane, a person in a position of leadership, III. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1893 to act as ~ of (as a boat), to act as coach of (as a team) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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