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.