skippers

1. The master of a ship.
2. A coach, director, or other leader.
3. The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

1. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
2. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
3. Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
4. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
5. A young, thoughtless person.
6. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leaps to escape predators.

noun

A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.