lubber

«lubber» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: clumsy person, oaf — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

clumsy person, oaf

part of speech

noun (lubbers)

meaning for a pupil

A clumsy, slow, awkward person. tree →

how it differs from today

This is rare today; we say "clumsy" or "oaf". The sentences use the same sense as the dictionary.

examples

• “Ahoy there, you lubbers!” he called. (Peter Pan) tree →
• “Luff, you lubber,” cried an Irish voice that was Smee’s; “here’s the rock. (Peter Pan) tree →
• I shall then be able to act as guide and show you all the sights of the sea, which will be even more wonderful to you—a land-lubber.” (Japanese Fairy Tales) tree →

primary record

lubber

tests

rate: word (≥3 uses, never in EWT or ≥10× EWT, Wiktionary: first sense archaic); corpora 3 (Torah 0, tales 3, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 0.3 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (first sense)

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lubber» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.