rube

• Substantiv für eine Person, die als unerfahren, ungebildet oder kulturell unbedarft gilt, oft mit betont ländlicher oder provinzieller Herkunft.

A noun referring to a person who is considered unsophisticated, uneducated, or lacking in cultural awareness.

1. Unsophisticated personB2informalamerican

   A person from the countryside who is considered naive, gullible, or lacking in urban sophistication.

   Provinzler

   • The city slicker tried to cheat the rube out of his money.
   • He felt like a rube when he couldn't figure out the subway map.
   • The con artist targeted rubes who were new to the city.

   Synonymebumpkinclodhoppernaifprovincialrusticsimpletonyokel

   Antonymecity slickercosmopolitansophisticate