SKIPPER


Meaning of SKIPPER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ skɪpə(r) ]

( skippers, skippering, skippered)

1.

You can use skipper to refer to the captain of a ship or boat.

...the skipper of an English fishing boat...

Gunfire, skipper!

= captain

N-COUNT ; N-VOC

2.

You can use skipper to refer to the captain of a sports team.

The England skipper is confident.

= captain

N-COUNT : usu supp N

3.

To skipper a team or a boat means to be the captain of it.

He skippered the second Rugby XV...

= captain

VERB : V n

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