rube
/ɹuːb/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the male given name Reuben.
name
A male given name.
Example Sentences
- ""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. […]""
- "You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste."
Etymology
Usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Informal
- Derogatory