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/ˈlænd.lʌ.bə/ · noun
(nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman..
[…] the making of sheathing and ship's pumps. This last rather unmarine field included more than a third of the patents before 1800, which may be one explanation for the predominance of landlubbers in early marine patenting.
Use landlubber when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Landlubber means (nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman..
Common synonyms include lubber, landman, landsman.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] the making of sheathing and ship's pumps. This last rather unmarine field included more than a third of the patents before 1800, which may be one explanation for the predominance of landlubbers in early marine patenting.
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