1. a clumsy, awkward person
Usage: informal
2. an inexperienced sailor
Usage: nautical

Examples

• The big lubber knocked over three displays in the store.
• Don’t be such a lubber – watch where you’re going!
• The captain had no patience for lubbers on his ship.
• As a landlubber, he struggled with basic sailing tasks.
• The clumsy lubber spilled coffee all over his shirt.
• She called him a lubber after he tripped over the rope.