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Noun: rube  roob
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
    "The city slickers mistakenly assumed the farmer was just a rube";
    - yokel, hick [N. Amer, informal], yahoo, hayseed [N. Amer], bumpkin, chawbacon [archaic]

Derived forms: rubes

Type of: rustic

Encyclopedia: Rube, Wisconsin