land-lover

Noun

land lover (plural land lovers)

1. Eggcorn of landlubber.
   • For land lovers, the Pirates World and Treasure Museum features exhibits on the islands’ history and their pirates past.1989 December 10, Stanley Carr, “Winter in the Sun: Caribbean Choices, Grand and Budget”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see land, lover.
   • “Immense pressure and frigid temperatures, while insurmountable obstacles to land lovers like humans, allow some animals to have very slow metabolisms and the ability to reach gargantuan proportions,” the Schmidt Ocean Institute explained in a post on Facebook.2025 March 20, Vishwam Sankaran, “Giant deep-sea spider spotted crawling on ocean floor near Antarctica”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...