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Definition of rubes in English English dictionary
- plural of rube
- Rube
- A diminutive of the male given name Reuben
- rube
- A person of rural heritage; a yokel
- rube
- An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- rube
- disapproval If you refer to a man or boy as a rube, you consider him stupid and uneducated because he comes from the countryside. He's no rube. He's a very smart guy. = hick. someone, usually from the country, who has no experience of other places and thinks in a simple way - used to show disapproval (Rube male name, from Reuben)
- rube
- not very intelligent or interested in culture
- rube
- An unsophisticated or unintelligent person
- rube
- A naive or clueless person, but not necessarily a prime Sometimes this term's used to describe any non-Cager
- rube
- {i} rustic, unsophisticated person from a small town or village, hick
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Etymology
[ 'rüb ] (noun.) 1896. Rube, nickname for Reuben.Resimler
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