rube
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rube¹
- /ɹuːb/
Rhymes with -uːb
Where it comes from
Generic use of the name Rube. See hey rube for more.
noun rubes · Reub
-
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. […]"
Similar: bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin
- An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
Rube²
proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Reuben.
- A male given name.
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noun person of rural heritage; a yokel
| Français | plouc |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Bauerntölpel, Bauerntrampel |
| Русский | деревенщина derevenščina |
noun pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
| Deutsch | Tölpel, Trottel |
|---|---|
| Русский | простофиля prostofilja, проста́к prosták, недотёпа nedotjópa |
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