lubber

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an awkward stupid person
  2. noun an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lummox, lump, gawk

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