- a big, slow, clumsy person
- an inexperienced, clumsy sailor; landlubber
Origin of lubber
Middle English lobre from lobbe-: see lob big and clumsy
lubber
lub·berWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"lubber." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/lubber>.
APA Style
lubber. (n.d.). Retrieved January 15th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/lubber
lubber
noun
- A clumsy person.
- An inexperienced sailor; a landlubber.
Origin of lubber
Middle English lobur lazy lout akin to lob lout ; see lob .Related Forms:
- lub′ber·ly
adverb
adjective
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"lubber." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/lubber>.
APA Style
lubber. (n.d.). Retrieved January 15th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/lubber
Noun
(plural lubbers)
- a clumsy or lazy person
- (nautical) an inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"lubber." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/lubber>.
APA Style
lubber. (n.d.). Retrieved January 15th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/lubber
