as in captain
a person in overall command of a ship
we asked the skipper how long it would be before we reached port
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Recent Examples of skipper
Keep your eyes open for Martial and Mallow scrub-hairstreaks, lyside sulphurs, malachites, and a variety of skippers fluttering among the blooms.
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
And perhaps to the surprise of some, the skipper of the league's biggest financial powerhouse is willing to have restrictions imposed on his club.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Yacht skippers do this with a compass, log, chart, dividers, a straightedge, and a bit of luck, as do small plane pilots.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
Robert and their friend, actor Christopher Walken, now 82, as well as the couple’s longtime skipper, Dennis Davern, were also on board at the time.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
And perhaps to the surprise of some, the skipper of the league's biggest financial powerhouse is willing to have restrictions imposed on his club.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Yacht skippers do this with a compass, log, chart, dividers, a straightedge, and a bit of luck, as do small plane pilots.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
Robert and their friend, actor Christopher Walken, now 82, as well as the couple’s longtime skipper, Dennis Davern, were also on board at the time.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skipper
Noun
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The pivotal match came in the 190-class between Ramona senior captain Kaitlyn Peck and Imperial’s Yarely Vasquez, the top seed.—
Stephanie Ogilvie,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Hannah Bilka scored twice, and the United States’ youth and speed overwhelmed a Canadian women’s hockey team missing its captain in a 5-0 win at the Milan Cortina Games.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Treatment was largely ad hoc and depended to a considerable degree on individual commanders, but customarily prisoners would be exchanged or placed on parole—granted their freedom but required by oath not to return to military action.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Tom Homan, the administration’s border czar, was sent in to replace Greg Bovino, the controversial on-the-ground commander who critics say fueled conflict.—
Alicia Diaz,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Skipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skipper. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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