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
Bamboo basket boats swirl through the Bay Mau nipa palm forest—their skippers casting nets in the shade of swaying fronds.
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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
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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Nine other members of the American team are there, under the watchful eye of Bradley and his vice-captains.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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Sydney Lynch and Yorna Demiri, both senior captains for Peabody, were integral in the team’s victory.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This cannot be a coincidence, a mistake, or the initiative of some lower-level commanders.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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By the summer of 2022, systems like the Bayraktar TB2 became less effective as air defenses increased and commanders began spreading their forces apart.—
Joseph Nepomuceno,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Skippers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skippers. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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