Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who, from want of experience, is awkward or lubberly on board ship; a raw seaman; any one unused to the sea: a term of reproach or ridicule among sailors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical, pejorative Someone
unfamiliar with the sea orseamanship , especially anovice seaman .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
- noun a person who lives and works on land
Etymologies
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Examples
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The 'landlubber' might apply to other natives; but I fear they could hardly be called
My New Curate P.A. Sheehan
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It was a bitter disappointment to him that his father forbade his going to sea and was educating him to be a "landlubber," which he had been taught by his boy associates to regard as the most contemptible thing on earth.
Boyhood in Norway 1892
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It was a bitter disappointment to him that his father forbade his going to sea and was educating him to be a "landlubber," which he had been taught by his boy associates to regard as the most contemptible thing on earth.
Boyhood in Norway Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1871
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I noticed that he called me 'landlubber' very frequently, but I had no idea whether he meant to compliment or abuse me, though it seemed more likely to me that it was the latter.
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The nautical accuracy of these tales of the sea could scarcely have been attained by a "landlubber".
The Spy James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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“Walk away, landlubber, and dream of being a sea dog.”
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Smith, despite his lack of naval experience, had proved a surprisingly efficient First Lord in Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's government, but the comedic possibilities of a landlubber navy chief were too potent for Gilbert to resist.
Gilbert & Sullivan, Parody's Patresfamilias Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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We would like to take Utanapishtim at his word, but it seems that he was a real landlubber, who knew little of shipbuilding.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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This will pretty much guarantee that your dog remains a landlubber.
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We would like to take Utanapishtim at his word, but it seems that he was a real landlubber, who knew little of shipbuilding.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
oroboros commented on the word landlubber
Grass-comber, farmer.
May 8, 2008