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Added 8 October 2026

lubber

/ˈlʌbə(ɹ)/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about lubber at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An awkward stupid person.
An inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage.

Origin

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

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