Reuben

[ roo-buh n ]

/ ˈru bən /

noun

the eldest son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29, 30.

one of the 12 tribes of Israel, the tribe traditionally descended from him.

Reuben sandwich.

a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “behold a son.”

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Seated between two fellow reporters I ordered a Reuben sandwich and sipped from a tall glass of ice water.
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Reuben left the cottage with the green shutters before the sun had entered the smudge of horizon clouds.
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Reuben followed suit, and the destruction wrought by the gnus was at once manifest.
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Dost thou know, Reuben, what has befallen to make my father look as he did but now?
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So Reuben goes back to Ashfield with a very modest and quiet bearing.
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British Dictionary definitions for reuben

Reuben

/ (ˈruːbɪn) /

noun Old Testament

the eldest son of Jacob and Leah: one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel (Genesis 29:30)

the Israelite tribe descended from him

the territory of this tribe, lying to the northeast of the Dead Sea

Douay spelling: Ruben

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