Meaning & use
skipper
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The captain of a boat or ship, or informally, the leader of a sports team.
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The skipper steered the fishing boat safely through the storm.
As team skipper, she called the coin toss before the match.
A note on using this word
Used both literally for boats and informally for team captains, especially in cricket and sailing.
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captain
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