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landlubber

[ land-luhb-er ]

noun

  1. an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.


landlubber

/ ˈlændˌlʌbə /

noun

  1. nautical any person having no experience at sea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • landlubber·ish adjective
  • landlubber·ly landlubbing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of landlubber1

First recorded in 1690–1700; land + lubber
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Word History and Origins

Origin of landlubber1

C18: land + lubber
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Example Sentences

Then I don't blame her for changing her mind, ye bloody landlubber!

Well, if Mr. Tuckerman is such a landlubber as he appears to be, I think its only right you should give him your help.

I can quit this landlubber's job where I'm nothin' but a swab, and go to sea again, where I'm some account.

"It's heavy sea for that fellow, and he looks like a landlubber trying to walk the deck in a rough sea," said Captain Scott.

He was at once set down as an "awkward landlubber," dismissed from his coal-shovelling, and ordered to do duty in the lamp-room.

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