landlubber

noun
/ˈlænd.lʌ.bə/UK/ˈlænd.lʌ.bɚ/US

Etymology

Extension (with land) of earlier lubber. Compare also landloper.

Definitions

  1. Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.

    • […] 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.

The neighborhood

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