lubber
1 antonym for lubber — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — An awkward or idle person.
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2. noun
A sailor with little experience, especially one more used to being on land.
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Etymology
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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