| anglais > anglais | |
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| skipper | |
| 1. n. (nautical) The master of a ship. |  |
| 2. n. A coach, director, or other leader. | |
| 3. n. (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling. | |
| 4. v. To captain a ship or a sports team. | |
| 5. n. Agent noun of skip: one who skips. | |
| 6. n. A person who skips, or fails to attend class. | |
| 7. n. Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern. | |
| 8. n. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially , the Pacific saury. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person. | |
| 10. n. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in , which leaps to escape predators. | |
| 11. n. A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night. | |
| 12. v. (intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed. | |
