landlubber
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Extension (with land) of earlier lubber. Compare also landloper.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
landlubber (plural landlubbers)
- (nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.
- 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.
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Translations[edit]
someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship
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