skipper

About 1.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The master of a ship.
2. noun A coach, director, or other leader.
3. noun The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
4. noun Synonym of detective sergeant, especially as a term of direct address.
5. verb To captain a ship or a sports team.
6. noun Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
7. noun A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
8. noun One who jumps rope.

Similar words

sea captain captain master sailor coxswain navigator pilot capitaine motorman driver

Often followed by

of and was had to is who in said

Word family

skippered skippering skippers