as in captains
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 skippers
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
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
Stammen is his ninth, including three interim skippers.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Former big-league skippers Rocco Baldelli, David Ross or Brandon Hyde would bring managerial experience to the job.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Others tip over, forcing their skippers to swim back with the boat in tow.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
His 2,252 wins are sixth all-time among all major league managers, with the five skippers ahead of him all in the Hall of Fame.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Bamboo basket boats swirl through the Bay Mau nipa palm forest—their skippers casting nets in the shade of swaying fronds.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Plants bloom throughout most of the year, attracting a diversity of skippers and butterflies, including Queens and the endangered Miami blue butterfly.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 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
Stammen is his ninth, including three interim skippers.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Former big-league skippers Rocco Baldelli, David Ross or Brandon Hyde would bring managerial experience to the job.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
Others tip over, forcing their skippers to swim back with the boat in tow.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
His 2,252 wins are sixth all-time among all major league managers, with the five skippers ahead of him all in the Hall of Fame.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Bamboo basket boats swirl through the Bay Mau nipa palm forest—their skippers casting nets in the shade of swaying fronds.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Plants bloom throughout most of the year, attracting a diversity of skippers and butterflies, including Queens and the endangered Miami blue butterfly.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skippers
Noun
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Honorary captains Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber was an honorary captain for Indiana and watched the game from the Hoosiers’ sideline.—
Charles Odum,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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Honorary captains Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber was an honorary captain for Indiana and watched the game from the Hoosiers sideline.—
Charles Odum,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Israel also killed senior Iranian commanders and struck symbolic regime targets.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Behind the scenes, however, sources say panic is spreading within the armed forces, as commanders struggle to understand who is really in charge — and how far the United States is willing to go.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2026
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