Definition of "landlubber" [land•lub•ber]

• A person unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship. (noun)

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• "The 'landlubber' might apply to other natives; but I fear they could hardly be called"
• "It was a bitter disappointment to him that his father forbade his going to sea and was educating him to be a "landlubber," which he had been taught by his boy associates to regard as the most contemptible thing on earth."
• "I noticed that he called me 'landlubber' very frequently, but I had no idea whether he meant to compliment or abuse me, though it seemed more likely to me that it was the latter."