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rab

American  
[rab] / ræb /

noun

  1. a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.


Etymology

Origin of rab

First recorded in 1815–25, rab is from the French word rabot


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Other rab bis in Detroit, however, think that Wine is an immature sensationalist, and the schedule of his weekly sermons has been struck from the local Jewish News.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Tujhme rab dikhta hai,” he whispered, an over-the-top line from the movie their song came from.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Hence, the rab ḫanšâ was likely to intervene also.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns

Hence, the rab ḫanšâ, or “captain of fifty,” was really in command of a hundred men.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns

The chief of a certain district was called a rab kiṣir; he was also commander of a section of the army, and he had the right to intervene.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns

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