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Chambers (1908)
1908- SkipperEnglish · e-38700-1992
Skipper, skip′ėr, n. the master of a merchant-ship.—Skipper's daughters, white-topped waves. [Dut. schipper; Dan. skipper.]
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Skipper, skip′ėr, n. a barn, a shed in which to shelter for the night.—v.i. to shelter in such a place.—n. Skipp′er-bird, a tramp. [Prob. W. ysguber, a barn.]
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Skipper
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Borrowed from English skipper , from Middle English skippere , from Middle Dutch schipper , from Old Dutch * skipāri , from Proto-Germanic * skipārijaz . Doublet of Schiffer and Schipper .
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