1. An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
   "The skipper navigated through the storm";
   - master, captain, sea captain
    
2. (military) the naval officer in command of a military ship
   "The skipper briefed his crew before the mission";
   - captain
    
3. A student who fails to attend classes
   "The chronic skipper rarely showed up for morning lectures"

1. Work as the skipper on a vessel
   "He skippered fishing boats for over two decades"

Derived forms: skippered, skippering, skippers

Type of: commissioned naval officer, educatee, officer, pupil, ship's officer, student, work

Encyclopedia: Skipper, Peter