1. people who are unfamiliar with the sea or sailing; those who spend most of their time on land rather than at sea
Usage: informal; nautical; plural form of landlubber; often used in a lighthearted or teasing way

Examples

• The experienced sailors laughed at the landlubbers who got seasick during the first hour on the boat.
• Most of the cruise ship passengers were landlubbers who had never been on a large vessel before.
• The captain called the new crew members landlubbers because they didn't know how to tie a proper knot.
• Even though they were landlubbers, the tourists enjoyed learning about nautical traditions.
• The old pirate stories often featured landlubbers stumbling around the ship's deck.
• My friends are complete landlubbers—they've never even been fishing on a lake.