rube

[roob] /rub/
noun, Informal.
1.
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
Origin
1895-1900; generic use of Rube; compare earlier use of Reuben in same sense

Rube

[roob] /rub/
noun
1.
a male given name, form of Reuben.

Goldberg

[gohld-burg] /ˈgoʊld bɜrg/
noun
1.
Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
2.
Reuben Lucius ("Rube") 1883–1970, U.S. cartoonist, whose work often depicts deviously complex and impractical inventions.
Examples from the web for rube
  • Except in the southeastern quadrant of the country, bourbon has been shunned as the drink of the rube and the codger.
  • The audience broke into indulgent laughter, humoring the rube savant.
British Dictionary definitions for rube

rube

/ruːb/
noun
1.
(US & Canadian, slang) an unsophisticated countryman
Word Origin
C20: probably from the name Reuben
Word Origin and History for 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.

Slang definitions & phrases for rube

Rube

adjective

Green; newbie: a rube police force

noun
  1. A rustic; farmer; hayseed
  2. An unsophisticated person, esp a newcomer; greenhorn
  3. A member of the audienceorpublic;citizen:MrToddknowshowtopanic the rubes (Circus)
Related Terms

hey rube

[short for Reuben]