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dubber

/ˈdʌbə/US/ˈdʌbɚ/

dubber noun: one who dubs, or gives a name.

Noun (1)

dubber (plural dubbers)

  1. One who dubs, or gives a name.
    • […]thus to knight someone lacking in virtue dishonoured the dubber.2002, Peter R. Coss, Maurice Hugh Keen, Heraldry, Pageantry, and Social Display in Medieval England, page 199
  2. A person who records or adds a dubbed soundtrack to a film.
  3. (UK, obsolete, slang) A person's mouth or tongue.
    • "Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly."1857, Hidden Links; Or the Schoolfellows. A Tale, volume 2, page 233
    • "Shut your dubber. Think you're a regular duchess, you do, eh? I ain't answering no more questions."2010, Emily Hendrickson, The Fashionable Spy

Noun (2)

dubber (plural dubbers)

  1. A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc.

dubber meaning in Tamil and Arabic

dubber in Tamil

ஓலித் தொகுப்பி

dubber in Arabic

person working with film
مُدَبْلِج Mudablij, مُدَبْلِجَة Mudablijah

Forms of dubber

pluraldubbers
alternative formdabbah
alternative formdubba
alternative formdubbah

Origin of dubber

From dub + -er.

From Arabic دُبَّاء (dubbāʔ, “bottle gourd”).

Phrases with dubber

Words that rhyme with dubber

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Questions about dubber

What does dubber mean?
Dubber means one who dubs, or gives a name.
What is dubber in Tamil?
Dubber in Tamil is ஓலித் தொகுப்பி. See Dubber meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dubber?
Dubber is a noun.
How do you pronounce dubber?
Dubber is pronounced /ˈdʌbə/ (UK).
What is the plural of dubber?
The plural of dubber is dubbers.

Words near dubber in the dictionary

  1. dubbels
  2. dubbeltje
  3. dubbeltjes
  4. dubbeltjie
  5. dubbeltjies
  6. dubber
  7. Dubberly
  8. Dubberlys
  9. dubbers
  10. dubbese
  11. dubbies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dubber (page history and authors); dubber (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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