lubber

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Middle English, perhaps from Old French lobeor (“swindler”),[1] or of Scandinavian origin, compare dialectal Swedish lubber.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʌbə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun[edit]

lubber (plural lubbers)

  1. (archaic) A clumsy or lazy person.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:unskilled person
  2. (nautical) An inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber.
  3. (Southern US) Common name for the eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera), likely after "a clumsy or lazy person"

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

inexperienced sailor — see landlubber

References[edit]

  1. ^ “lubber”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lubber”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

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