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Definition of Lubber

1. Noun. An awkward stupid person.

2. Noun. An inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage.

Definition of Lubber

1. n. A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

Definition of Lubber

1. Noun. a clumsy or lazy person ¹

2. Noun. (nautical) an inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lubber

1. a clumsy person [n -S] : LUBBERLY [adj]

Medical Definition of Lubber

1. A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown. "Lingering lubbers lose many a penny." (Tusser) Land lubber, a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land. Lubber grasshopper, a hole in the floor of the "top," next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. Lubber's line, point, or mark, a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering. Origin: Cf. Dial. Sw. Lubber. See Looby, Lob. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lubber

loys lozell lozells lozen lozenge lozenged lozengelike lozenges lozengy lozens

luanheite luau luaus lubbard lubbards lubber (current term) lubber's hole lubber's line lubber's mark lubber's point

lubber line lubberliness lubberlinesses lubberly lubbers lube lube job lube jobs lubed luberoite

Literary usage of Lubber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"lubber'« Hole. Ab,-v cowardly way of doing what is appointed, or of evading duty. A seaman's expression. Sailors call the vacant space between the head of a ..."

2. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"EL, а hiy lubber. ... n-ff.ii lubber, [ of Upp, Г.яг. a Fool] a Drudge, a lazy Drone. ... lubber ..."

3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Among sailors it is applied to a passenger or other land-lubber caught in the rigging and made to pay a forfeit. But the meaning that now overshadows all ..."

4. Navigation by George Leonard Hosmer (1918)
"lubber LINE On the inside of the bowl of the compass is a line set parallel to the keel of the vessel, called the lubber line. The point of the compass or ..."

5. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"4. 2. cock light, twilight, aN.K. iv. i. 112: see cock-shut time. cockney— This great lubber, the world, will prove a, i2N. iv. i. ..."

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