A landlubber is somebody who is not used to being at sea. Call him a landlubber, a hopeless landlubber, landlubbers below.
It is a sailor's insult and a cheerfully dated one, kept alive mostly by pirate films. The lubber part is an old word for a clumsy oaf, and it has nothing to do with loving the land.
1nounlandlubberSomebody who is not used to being at sea.
“As a landlubber, I spent the whole ferry crossing feeling seasick.”
landlubber is a person.
Land plus lubber, an old word for a clumsy or lazy oaf.
Extension (with land) of earlier lubber. Compare also landloper.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Sea & Sailing