Landlubber
noun
A person who is inexperienced or feels uncomfortable at sea, more accustomed to the land.
He was a true landlubber, getting seasick as soon as the ship left the harbor.
Often appears as...
- green as a landlubber
- landlubber's knot
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A person who is inexperienced or feels uncomfortable at sea, more accustomed to the land.
He was a true landlubber, getting seasick as soon as the ship left the harbor.
Often appears as...
- green as a landlubber
- landlubber's knot
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Sailing Culture
Originates from nautical slang, so it's particularly used among sailors or in seafaring contexts.
The old captain chuckled at the landlubbers who stumbled around the deck.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Humor
'Landlubber' often carries a humorous tone when teasing someone's lack of seafaring skill.
Come on, landlubber, I'll show you the ropes, so you don't tumble overboard!
Pro Tip 3/3Mild Insult
It can be mildly insulting if used seriously but is usually light-hearted.
No more rum for that landlubber, he can't even find his sea legs!
Pro Tip 1/3Sailing Culture
Originates from nautical slang, so it's particularly used among sailors or in seafaring contexts.
The old captain chuckled at the landlubbers who stumbled around the deck.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Humor
'Landlubber' often carries a humorous tone when teasing someone's lack of seafaring skill.
Come on, landlubber, I'll show you the ropes, so you don't tumble overboard!
Pro Tip 3/3Mild Insult
It can be mildly insulting if used seriously but is usually light-hearted.
No more rum for that landlubber, he can't even find his sea legs!
Pro Tip 1/3Sailing Culture
Originates from nautical slang, so it's particularly used among sailors or in seafaring contexts.
The old captain chuckled at the landlubbers who stumbled around the deck.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Humor
'Landlubber' often carries a humorous tone when teasing someone's lack of seafaring skill.
Come on, landlubber, I'll show you the ropes, so you don't tumble overboard!
Pro Tip 3/3Mild Insult
It can be mildly insulting if used seriously but is usually light-hearted.
No more rum for that landlubber, he can't even find his sea legs!
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Video examples
125th Anniversary...
operated underwater drone systems and and then enjoy I enjoy right now I look over my shoulder and I'm looking at it the wetlands and can Connecticut actually I actually like being on land a lot for a guy who spent so much of his time in the ocean he's a landlubber at
Video examples
Paul Sereno: What can...
We are extremely dinosaur-like, and unusual in our two-legged approach to life. Now, if you want to understand what happened then when the continents broke apart, and dinosaurs found -- landlubbers, as they are --
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