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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and
America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also
billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack,
skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Skipper \Skip"per\, n. [D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.]
1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel;
hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
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2. A ship boy. [Obs.] --Congreve.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Skipper \Skip"per\, n.
1. One who, or that which, skips.
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2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak.
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3. (Zool.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
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4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
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5. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies
of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their
peculiar short, jerking flight.
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WordNet Skipper
n 1: a student who fails to attend classes
2: an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn:
master, captain, sea captain]
3: the naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: captain]
v : work as the skipper on a vessel

Moby Dictionary
OD , admiral , be responsible for , boatswain , boss , call the signals ,
captain , carry on , chief , chief engineer , chief mate ,
chief petty officer , command , commander , commodore , conduct ,
control , deck officer , direct , engineer , ensign , fleet admiral ,
govern , handle , head , head up , lead , lead on , leader , lieutenant ,
lieutenant commander , lieutenant junior grade , make the rules ,
manage , maneuver , manipulate , master , mastermind , mate ,
naval officer , navarch , navigating officer , navigator , officer ,
order , patron , petty officer , pipes , prescribe , pull the strings ,
quarterback , quartermaster , rear admiral , regulate , run ,
sailing master , second mate , shipmaster , take command ,
take the lead , the Old Man , vice admiral , warrant officer ,
watch officer