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Rube

Rube

See also: rube and Rübe

English

Proper noun

Rube

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Reuben.
  2. A male given name

rube

rube

See also: Rube and Rübe

English

Alternative forms

  • Reub

Noun

rube (plural rubes)

  1. (US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
    • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, 8”, in Babbitt:
      "Same time," said Babbitt, "no sense excusing these rube burgs too easy. Fellow's own fault if he doesn't show the initiative to up and beat it to the city, like we done--did. [] "
  2. (pejorative) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:rube.

Translations


Latin

Noun

rube

  1. vocative singular of rubus