Definition of Rube

an uneducated or uncultured person that is from a rural area

Examples of Rube in a sentence

An ignorant rube, the country bumpkin can’t even tell you what two plus two equals.  🔊

The city boy considers his country cousin an uncultured rube since he knows little about art or classical literature.  🔊

Although he comes from a rural area, the educated professor is no uncivilized rube.  🔊

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