# lubber

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlʌbə(ɹ)/

## Definitions
1. A clumsy or lazy person.
2. An inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber.
3. An eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera).
4. Alteration of rubber.

## 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lubber