Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Skipper \Skip"per\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, skips.

   2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak.

   3. (Zo["o]l.) The saury ({Scomberesox saurus}).

   4. The cheese maggot. See {Cheese fly}, under {Cheese}.

   5. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small
      butterflies of the family {Hesperiad[ae]}; -- so called
      from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

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.

   2. A ship boy. [Obs.] --Congreve.

Source : 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