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English Dictionary: landlubber by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
landlubber
n
  1. a person who lives and works on land [syn: landlubber, landsman, landman]
  2. an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
    Synonym(s): landlubber, lubber, landsman
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Landlubber \Land"lub`ber\, n. [Prop. fr. land + lubber, or
      possibly corrupted fr. laudlouper.] (Naut.)
      One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in
      contempt or ridicule.
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