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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Saury \Sau"ry\, noun; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack}, {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skipper \Skip"per\, noun
1. One who, or that which, skips.
2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak.
3. (Zo["o]l.) The saury ({Scomberesox saurus}).
4. The cheese maggot. See {Cheese fly}, under {Cheese}.
5. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family {Hesperiad[ae]}; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skipper \Skip"per\, noun [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.
2. A ship boy. [Obs.] --Congreve.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
skipper
noun
1: a student who fails to attend classes
2: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: {master}, {captain}, {sea captain}]
3: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: {captain}]
verb: work as the skipper on a vessel
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "skipper": OD, admiral, be responsible for, boatswain, boss, call the signals, captain, carry on, chief, chief engineer, chief mate, chief petty officer, command, commander, commodore, conduct, control, deck officer, direct, engineer, ensign, fleet admiral, govern, handle, head, head up, lead, lead on, leader, lieutenant, lieutenant commander, lieutenant junior grade, make the rules, manage, maneuver, manipulate, master, mastermind, mate, naval officer, navarch, navigating officer, navigator, officer, order, patron, petty officer, pipes, prescribe, pull the strings, quarterback, quartermaster, rear admiral, regulate, run, sailing master, second mate, shipmaster, take command, take the lead, the Old Man, vice admiral, warrant officer, watch officer
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