rube
pronunciation
How to pronounce rube in British English:
UK [ru:b]
How to pronounce rube in American English:
US [rub]
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- Noun:
- not very intelligent or interested in culture
Word Origin
- rube (n.)
- 1896, reub, from shortened form of masc. proper name Reuben (q.v.), which is attested from 1804 as a conventional type of name for a country man.
Example
- 1. Anything short of your belt makes you look like a rube .
- 2. I got angry at her rube behavior .
- 3. The era of the backwoods rube is gone .
- 4. Neither rube nor I were married and we soon became very friendly .
- 5. Oh , no , no , no. don 't call me mr. carter . Call me rube .