rubin
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fellow
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once
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A male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben.
A surname transferred from the given name.
Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor.
noun
Alternative form of rubine (“(obsolete) a ruby”).
And, when she spake, Sweete wordes, like dropping honny, she did shed; And twixt the perles and rubins softly brake
The rubins red and bright
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4Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female as
WiktionaryAnd, when she spake, Sweete wordes, like dropping honny, she did shed; And twixt the perles and rubins softly brake
WiktionaryThe rubins red and bright
WiktionaryDoctors repaired Healey's aneurysm, but Dr. Rubin explains that when the aneurysm suddenly bursts, the situation becomes a life-or-death emergency.
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