Dubber
/ˈdʌbə/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who dubs, or gives a name.
"[…]thus to knight someone lacking in virtue dishonoured the dubber."
- 2 A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc.
- 3 A person who records or adds a dubbed soundtrack to a film.
- 4 A person's mouth or tongue. UK, obsolete, slang
""Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly.""
Example
More examples"[…]thus to knight someone lacking in virtue dishonoured the dubber."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From dub + -er.
Etymology 2
From Arabic دُبَّاء (dubbāʔ, “bottle gourd”).