Skipper

1. One who, or that which, skips.
2. The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
3. A ship boy.
4. The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
5. Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
6. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
7. A young, thoughtless person.