rube

• Reub

Generic use of the name Rube.

• enPR: ro͞ob, IPA^(key): /ɹuːb/
• Rhymes: -uːb

rube (plural rubes)

1. (US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “8”, in Babbitt:

     "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. […] "

2. (derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:rube.

• Brue, Bure, Uber, buer, bure, ebru, erub, uber, uber-, über-

• IPA^(key): [ˈrubɛ]
• Rhymes: -ubɛ
• Hyphenation: ru‧be

rube

1. third-person singular present indicative of rubat

• rubá

• beru
• erbu
• uber

rube

1. vocative singular of rubus