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rubes

/ɹuːbz/

rubes is the plural of rube.

Meaning of rube

Noun

rube (plural rubes)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) 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
  2. (derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

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Questions about rubes

What is rubes the plural of?
Rubes is the plural of rube.
How do you pronounce rubes?
Rubes is pronounced /ɹuːbz/.

Words near rubes in the dictionary

  1. Rubertsson
  2. Rubery
  3. ruberythric acid
  4. ruberythrin
  5. ruberythrinic acid
  6. rubes
  7. rubesanolide
  8. rubesanolides
  9. rubescence
  10. rubescences
  11. rubescensin

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