REUBEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Reuben mean? 

• REUBEN (noun)
  The noun REUBEN has 2 senses:

1. (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel

2. a hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread

  Familiarity information: REUBEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REUBEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

patriarch (any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Reuben" is a kind of...):

sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)

 Context examples 

“How are you, Mr. Reuben Hayes?” said Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“So Reuben Hayes is taken? I am right glad to hear it, if it will not react upon the fate of James.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Reuben Hayes was arrested at Chesterfield, on my information, at eleven o’clock last night.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Why, Mr. Reuben Hayes,” said Holmes, coolly, “one might think that you were afraid of our finding something out.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Reuben Hayes’s manner was far from gracious, but Holmes took it with admirable good-humour.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I am convinced,” said I, “that this Reuben Hayes knows all about it. A more self-evident villain I never saw.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)