landlubbern.
/ˈlan(d)ˌlʌbə/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ˌləbər/ A sailor's term of contempt for a landsman.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > land-dweller
landman1480
landsman1667
land-loper1694
landlubber1752
landswoman1837
shoreman1888
Hampstead Heath sailor1889
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Land-lopers or Land-lubbers, Fresh-water Seamen so called by the true Tarrs.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 198. ⁋ 11 My Uncle..bid me prepare myself against next year for no land lubber should touch his money.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller (1849) 417 There was many a land-lubber looked on that might much better have swung in his stead.
1875 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land II. 15 The philosophic landlubber often wonders at the eternal restlessness of his naval brother~man.
1884 D. Pae Eustace 130 The service is not intended to pamper landlubbers, but to make smart seamen.
Derivatives
ˈlandlubberish adj.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [adjective] > land-dweller
land-breda1599
landlubberish1829
1829 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 36 912 Land~lubberish terms.
ˈlandlubberly adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > clumsy stupidity, oafishness > [adjective]
heavy1340
plump1481
chubbish1566
lubberlike1572
lubberly1580
oafish1682
chubbed1702
slobbish1833
joulter1854
landlubberly1860
slobby1872
1860 C. Dickens Let. 4 Sept. (1997) IX. 302 The Costermongers in the street outside..have an earthy and, as I may say, a Land-lubberly aspect.
1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. viii. 166 My land-lubberly intelligence failed to grasp the proper meaning.
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