dubber

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbɚ/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊbə/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈdʊbəɹ/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʌbə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From dub +‎ -er.

Noun

dubber (plural dubbers)

1. One who dubs, or gives a name.
   • 2002, Peter R. Coss, Maurice Hugh Keen, Heraldry, Pageantry, and Social Display in Medieval England, page 199:

     […] thus to knight someone lacking in virtue dishonoured the dubber.

2. A person who records or adds a dubbed soundtrack to a film.
3. (UK, slang, obsolete) A person's mouth or tongue.
   • 1857, Hidden Links; Or the Schoolfellows. A Tale, volume 2, page 233:

     "Well, Sal, you mum your dubber pretty generally, but when you do slacken your glib you may as well do it civilly."

   • 2010, Emily Hendrickson, The Fashionable Spy:

     "Shut your dubber. Think you're a regular duchess, you do, eh? I ain't answering no more questions."

Translations

person working with film

• Arabic: مُدَبْلِج (ar) m (Mudablij), مُدَبْلِجَة f (Mudablijah)
• Czech: dabér m
• French: doubleur (fr) m, doubleuse (fr) f, doubleurs (fr) m pl, doubleuses (fr) f pl
• Italian: doppiatore (it) m (1)
• Portuguese: dobrador (Portugal), dublador (pt) (Brazil)

Etymology 2

From Arabic دُبَّاء (dubbāʔ, “bottle gourd”).

Noun

dubber (plural dubbers)

1. A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc.

Alternative forms

• dabbah, dubba, dubbah

Translations

globular vessel

See also

• jigger-dubber (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• rubbed