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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/#x1)
- “Luff, you lubber,” cried an Irish voice that was Smee’s; “here’s the rock. (Peter Pan) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/#x2)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/#x3)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lubber/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.