Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clipper \Clip"per\, n.
   1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges
      of coin.

Source : WordNet®

clipper
     n 1: (electronics) an nonlinear electronic circuit whose output
          is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous
          amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a
          waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
          [syn: {limiter}]
     2: a fast sailing ship used in former times [syn: {clipper ship}]
     3: shears for cutting grass or shrubbery [syn: {clippers}]
     4: scissors for cutting hair or finger nails [syn: {clippers}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Clipper
     
        1.  An {integrated circuit} which
        implements the {SkipJack} {algorithm}.  The Clipper is
        manufactured by the US government to encrypt telephone data.
        It has the added feature that it can be decrypted by the US
        government, which has tried to make the chip compulsory in the
        United States.  Phil Zimmerman (inventor of {PGP}) remarked,
        "This doesn't even pass the sniff test" (i.e. it stinks).
     
        {(http://www.wired.com/clipper/)}.
     
        {news:alt.privacy.clipper}
     
        2. A compiled {dBASE} dialect from Nantucket Corp, LA.
        Versions: Winter 85, Spring 86, Autumn 86, Summer 87, 4.5
        (Japanese Kanji), 5.0.
     
        (1995-03-25)