landlubber

Extension (with land) of earlier lubber. Compare also landloper.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.lʌ.bə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.lʌ.bɚ/

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landlubber (plural landlubbers)

1. (nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.

   Synonym: lubber

   Coordinate term: landsman

   • 1935, S. Colum Gilfillan, The Sociology of Invention, page 84:

     […] the making of sheathing and ship's pumps. This last rather unmarine field included more than a third of the patents before 1800, which may be one explanation for the predominance of landlubbers in early marine patenting.

• landlubberliness
• landlubberly