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Skipper usually means a person who has command of a boat or ship; see Skipper (boating). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... A skipper is a man who has command of a boat or ship. ...

Skipper can also refer to:

• Skipper (butterfly), a type of Lepidoptera
• Skipper Roberts, Barbie's sister (a doll)
• AGM-123 Skipper, a U.S. laser-guided bomb
• Beechcraft Skipper, a type of aircraft
• Skipper Jonas Grumby ("The Skipper"), a fictional character from the sitcom Gilligan's Island
• Skipper (Electronics) A popular brand of navigation echosounder and speedlog [1]
• A Fifth Year Cadet at Virginia Tech
• Skipper (cannon) The official "Game Cannon" of Virginia Tech
• In the series Ed, Edd, n Eddy, Eddy's middle name is "Skipper"
• A thru-hiking term used to identify a hiker who skips sections of trail intentionally
• An informal reference to a Sergeant, used by Constables within the Metropolitan Police

skipper head Type species Hesperia comma Silver-spotted skipper Diversity 550 genera 3,500 species Subfamilies Coeliadinae Pyrrhopyginae Hesperiinae Heteropterinae Pyrginae Trapezitinae The Skippers are a group of insects in the order Lepidoptera. ... Skipper Roberts is a Barbie doll, the energetic sister of Barbie Roberts. ... The AGM-123 Skipper is a missile developed by the United States of America. ... The Beechcraft Model 77 Skipper is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation airplane, originally designed for flight training, and later used as well for touring and personal flying. ... The Skipper is a character from the hit 1960s show Gilligans Island, played by Alan Hale, Jr. ... For the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) video game, see The Adventures of Gilligans Island. ... A squad from the Corps of Cadets marches in formation to a football game The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets (VTCC) is one of only two military organizations established as an integral part of a major United States civilian university; the other is Texas A&M University. ... This article or section should include material from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. ... From left to right: Ed, Eddy, and Edd, aka Double D Ed, Edd n Eddy is an animated series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by a. ... Thru-hiking is the process of hiking a long-distance trail from end to end. ... For other uses, see Sergeant (disambiguation). ... Constables Constables is a boarding house in the asteemed public school Uppingham. ... Metropolitan Police redirects here. ...

Other uses:

• Sports:
  • a team captain in the games of lawn bowls, football (soccer), Rugby or cricket; inspired by Skipper (boating)
  • an informal title of a baseball manager. The name was derived from the late 19th-century when the manager would skip out to the field to make lineup and pitching changes.

Swifts Creek Bowls Club Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision sport in which the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than ones opponent is able to do. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... The captain of a cricket team is a player who, during the course of a match, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player. ... A skipper is a man who has command of a boat or ship. ... This article is about the sport. ...

See also

• Skip

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