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# lubber

noun (lubbers)

«lubber» in the English dictionary: everyday and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lubber is a clumsy, slow, awkward person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lubber/#m1)
2. (old use, at sea) A landlubber is a person who is not used to the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lubber/#m2)

### In the lessons

in sea tales, sailors call a clumsy man a lubber

### Examples

- Ahoy, you lubbers! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lubber/#x1)
- Don't be such a lubber on the boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lubber/#x2)
- The landlubber felt sick on the ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lubber/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

A clumsy, slow, awkward person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/#m1)

### Then and now

This is rare today; we say "clumsy" or "oaf". The sentences use the same sense as the dictionary.

### Examples

- “Ahoy there, you lubbers!” he called. (Peter Pan) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/#x1)
- “Luff, you lubber,” cried an Irish voice that was Smee’s; “here’s the rock. (Peter Pan) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/#x2)
- I shall then be able to act as guide and show you all the sights of the sea, which will be even more wonderful to you—a land-lubber.” (Japanese Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/#x3)

### Note

Today: clumsy person, oaf.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lubber» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lubber/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lubber» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lubber.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «lubber» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lubber» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/lubber.html) on Mova free.