Definition of skipper

• n. - One who, or that which, skips.
• n. - A young, thoughtless person.
• n. - The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
• n. - The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
• n. - Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
• n. - The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
• n. - A ship boy.