landlubber

English

WOTD – 19 August 2009

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.lʌ.bə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.lʌ.bɚ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

landlubber (plural landlubbers)

1. (nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.

   Synonym: lubber

   Coordinate term: landsman

   • 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.

Derived terms

• landlubberliness
• landlubberly

Translations

someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship

Danish: landkrabbe c Dutch: landrot (nl) f, zoetwatermatroos m Esperanto: ŝipanaĉo, terulaĉo Finnish: maakrapu (fi) French: marin d’eau douce (fr) m German: Landratte (de) f Hebrew: אִישׁ יַבָּשָׁה (he) m (ish yabasha), עַכְבַּר יַבָּשָׁה (he) m (akhbar yabasha), גֹּלֶם יַבָּשָׁה (he) m (golem yabasha), יַבָּשְׁתָּן (he) m (yabashtan) Hungarian: szárazföldi patkány Icelandic: landkrabbi m Irish: aineolaí mara m, caslóir m Italian: marinaio d'acqua dolce m, marinaio inesperto Norwegian: Bokmål: (informal) landkrabbe m or f Nynorsk: (informal) landkrabbe m or f Polish: (colloquialism) szczur lądowy (pl) m Portuguese: marinheiro de água doce, marambaia (pt) m Russian: сухопу́тная кры́са f (suxopútnaja krýsa) Swedish: landkrabba (sv) c