Usually means: Unsophisticated person, often from countryside.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word rube:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. rube: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rube: Merriam-Webster
  3. rube: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rube: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rube: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rube: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rube, rube, rube: Wordnik
  8. Rube, rube: Wiktionary
  9. rube: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. rube: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. rube: Dictionary.com
  12. rube: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Rube: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. rube: Rhymezone
  15. rube: FreeDictionary.org
  16. rube: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. rube: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rube: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rube-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rube: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rube (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. rube, rube, rube: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Rube: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

(Note: See rubes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
noun:  (derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
noun:  A diminutive of the male given name Reuben.
noun:  A male given name.

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