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
When Angels manager Ron Washington took medical leave in June for the remainder of the 2025 season, Bochy became the oldest skipper, and only septuagenarian, in MLB.
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Candace Oehler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The snake has other ideas, chowing down on the boat's skipper and the crew's sound engineer and still hungry for more.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
But this skipper, John, did not care to go to town.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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Candace Oehler, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The snake has other ideas, chowing down on the boat's skipper and the crew's sound engineer and still hungry for more.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
But this skipper, John, did not care to go to town.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
The extent to which anybody else is aware of the time-loop is ambiguous; the ship’s skipper is an elderly man with no memory of his name, and at times it’s implied that the town has deliberately trapped these men.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skipper
Noun
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The Palace captain was close to joining the Premier League champions before Palace pulled the plug on a £35million deal late on deadline day after failing to source an adequate replacement.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Multiple opponents had forfeited games to the Spartans after co-captain Brooke Slusser joined a lawsuit against the NCAA citing her experience with Fleming.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Her commander called her the best battalion officer in the brigade.—
Arman Khan,
Them.,
3 Oct. 2025
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It’s command structure also transcends traditional nation-state borders by integrating Iranian, Lebanese and Iraqi commanders.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Skipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skipper. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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