Skipper vs. Captain
Skippernoun
(nautical) The master of a ship.
Skippernoun
A coach, director, or other leader.
Skippernoun
(sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Skippernoun
Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
Skippernoun
A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
Skippernoun
Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
Skippernoun
Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
Skippernoun
(obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
Skippernoun
The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leaps to escape predators.
Skippernoun
A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
Skipperverb
(transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
Skipperverb
(intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.
Skippernoun
One who, or that which, skips.
Skippernoun
A young, thoughtless person.
Skippernoun
The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
Skippernoun
The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Skippernoun
Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; - so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Skippernoun
The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
Skippernoun
A ship boy.
Skippernoun
a student who fails to attend classes
Skippernoun
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Skippernoun
the naval officer in command of a military ship
Skipperverb
work as the skipper on a vessel
Captainnoun
A chief or leader.
Captainnoun
The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.
Captainnoun
An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
Captainnoun
A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
Captainnoun
A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to an Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.
Captainnoun
One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
Captainnoun
The leader of a group of workers.
Captainnoun
A maître d'.
Captainnoun
(southern US) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
Captainnoun
(internet) Someone who provides contextual information for a post. Originally a shorthand for 'Captain Obvious'.
Captainverb
(intransitive) To act as captain
Captainverb
(transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
Captainnoun
A head, or chief officer
Captainnoun
A military leader; a warrior.
Captainverb
To act as captain of; to lead.
Captainadjective
Chief; superior.
Captainnoun
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
Captainnoun
the naval officer in command of a military ship
Captainnoun
a policeman in charge of a precinct
Captainnoun
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Captainnoun
the leader of a group of people;
Captainnoun
the pilot ins charge of an airship
Captainnoun
a diningroom attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers
Captainverb
be the captain of a sports team
