rube
/ɹuːb/
rube noun: a person of rural heritage; a yokel.
Noun
rube (plural rubes)
- A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
- "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. […]"1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter VIII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC
- You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste.1991, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs (motion picture), spoken by Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
- Synonyms:
- bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker
- An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
Proper noun capitalized: Rube
Rube
- A diminutive of the male given name Reuben.
- A male given name.
rube meaning in Tamil
rube in Tamil
- நாட்டுப்புறத்தான்
Synonyms of rube
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Forms of rube
| plural | rubes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Reub |
Origin of rube
Generic use of the name Rube. See hey rube for more.
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Questions about rube
- What does rube mean?
- Rube means a person of rural heritage; a yokel.
- What is rube in Tamil?
- Rube in Tamil is நாட்டுப்புறத்தான். See Rube meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rube?
- Rube can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rube?
- Rube is pronounced /ɹuːb/.
- What is the plural of rube?
- The plural of rube is rubes.
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