1 the captain of a small ship or fishing boat
2 (informal, especially BrE) the captain of a sports team
verb [VN] to be the captain of a boat, sports team, etc:
to skipper a yacht * (especially BrE) He skippered the team to victory. * an all-woman crew, skippered by Tracy Edwards
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is skipper a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, skipper is tagged as noun.
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