lubber

Meaning

1. (archaic) A clumsy or lazy person.
2. An inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber.
3. (Southern-US) An eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera).
4. (South-Asia) Alteration of rubber.

Synonyms

landlubber

gawk

landsman

oaf

lout

goon

lummox

lump

stumblebum

clod

nitwit

noddy

nozzle

numskull

pipe

pipeline

punch

👊

rod

smoking pipe

stumbler

tube

clumsy person

landlubberly

awkward

landman

bozo

canal

clumsy

conduit

dolt

duct

fathead

galoot

lubberly

Translations

marinaio inesperto

αδέξιος

tanghero

marinaio d'acqua dolce

ατζαμής

patapouf

Rohr

Pfeife

Kanal

Stange

Steigleitung

Tabakspfeife

Tölpel

Kamisol

Schlauch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlʌbə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

From Middle English, perhaps from Old French lobeor (“swindler”), or of Scandinavian origin, compare dialectal Swedish lubber. The grasshopper was likely so called after sense 1 (“a clumsy or lazy person”).