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Word entry · 6 letters

lubber

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"Clumsy sailor"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlʌbə(ɹ)/Part of speech nounSorted bbelruStarts with LEnds with R1 clues
1L2U3B4B5E6R

Definitions

  1. an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage

Word origin

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”).

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