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- skipper



[skipper 词源字典] - skipper: see ship
[skipper etymology, skipper origin, 英语词源] - skipper (n.1)




- "captain or master of a ship," late 14c., from Middle Dutch scipper, from scip (see ship (n.)). Compare English shipper, used from late 15c. to 17c. in sense "skipper." Transferred sense of "captain of a sporting team" is from 1830.
- skipper (n.2)




- "one who skips," mid-15c., agent noun from skip (v.). As a type of butterfly, 1817, from its manner of flight.