"landlubber" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlænd.lʌ.bə/ [UK], /ˈlænd.lʌ.bɚ/ [US] Audio: en-au-landlubber.ogg [Australia] Forms: landlubbers [plural]
Etymology: Extension (with land) of earlier lubber. Compare also landloper. Etymology templates: {{m|en|land}} land, {{m|en|lubber}} lubber, {{m|nl|landloper}} landloper Head templates: {{en-noun}} landlubber (plural landlubbers)
  1. (nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Nautical, People Synonyms: lubber Derived forms: landlubberliness, landlubberly Translations (someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship): landkrabbe [common-gender] (Danish), landrot [feminine] (Dutch), zoetwatermatroos [masculine] (Dutch), ŝipanaĉo (Esperanto), terulaĉo (Esperanto), maakrapu (Finnish), marin d’eau douce [masculine] (French), Landratte [feminine] (German), אִישׁ יַבָּשָׁה (ish yabasha) [masculine] (Hebrew), עַכְבַּר יַבָּשָׁה (akhbar yabasha) [masculine] (Hebrew), גֹּלֶם יַבָּשָׁה (golem yabasha) [masculine] (Hebrew), יַבָּשְׁתָּן (yabashtan) [masculine] (Hebrew), szárazföldi patkány (Hungarian), aineolaí mara [masculine] (Irish), caslóir [masculine] (Irish), marinaio d'acqua dolce [masculine] (Italian), marinaio inesperto (Italian), landkrabbe [feminine, informal, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), landkrabbe [feminine, informal, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szczur lądowy [colloquial, masculine] (Polish), marinheiro de água doce (Portuguese), marambaia [masculine] (Portuguese), сухопу́тная кры́са (suxopútnaja krýsa) [feminine] (Russian), landkrabba [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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