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1. The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
Origin: D. Schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.
1. One who, or that which, skips.
2. A young, thoughtless person.
3. <zoology> The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
5. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
(01 Mar 1998)
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