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Noun: Reuben
  1. (Old Testament) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
     
  2. A hot sandwich with corned beef (or pastrami), Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread

Derived forms: Reubens

Type of: patriarch, sandwich, sarnie [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Reuben, Oxford