Skipper

One who, or that which, skips.

A young, thoughtless person.

The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

A ship boy.