skipper

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. The master of a ship.
2. A coach, director, or other leader.
3. The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

Verb

To captain a ship or a sports team.

Verb

To take shelter in a barn or shed.

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Lees meer

Sinonieme

captain

master

leader

commander

administrator

chief

commandant

dictator

head

ruler

sea captain

jumper

bristling

leaper

brisling

privateer

lipper

springer

truant

wiggler

AWOL

European sprat

hooky player

caperer

commander in chief

coxwain

ship’s captain

skipper butterfly

Vertalings

capitaine

Kapitän

capitano

capitán

capitão

capità

Schiffer

Skipper

skipper

patrón

schipper

skipper

capitaine de vaisseau

scheepskapitein

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: skippere

In summary

From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.