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landlubber

noun

land·​lub·​ber ˈland-ˌlə-bər How to pronounce landlubber (audio)
: landsman sense 2
clumsy landlubbers learning to sail
landlubberliness noun
landlubberly adjective
landlubbing adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Equipped with some bookkeeping skills, a little English and an enthusiasm for gossip, Khalifa gets a job as a clerk for a local merchant, a kind of landlubber pirate who plays both sides of German rule. Ron Charles, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 Rhys Darby stars as the landlubber Bonnet, and the show (premiering in March) follows his naïve first forays into piracy. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2022 In real life, their landlubber neighbors considered the houseboats an unsightly infringement on property values, and most were gone by the 1960s. Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2021 In March, the company started offering its first landlubber tours of downtown Mobile on its new fleet of Gotcha scooters. Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2020 But Brandt, Prendini and Wendruff are all hesitant to dub Parioscorpio a pure landlubber like the more recent members of its lineage. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020 Some on board had spent decades at sea; others were landlubbers. Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020 Many rivers flow through or beside remote country that rarely sees landlubber turkey hunters. Jim Spencer, Outdoor Life, 4 May 2020 Dinosaurs are considered, after all, to be complete landlubbers. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

land entry 1 + lubber

First Known Use

circa 1700, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of landlubber was circa 1700

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