dubber

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UK/ˈdʌbə/US/ˈdʌbɚ/Northern England/ˈdʊbə/Ireland/ˈdʊbəɹ/

noun

One who dubs, or gives a name.

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Meanings

dubber1

noundubber (plural dubbers)

plural dubbers

  1. One who dubs, or gives a name.

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

    2002, Peter R. Coss, Maurice Hugh Keen, Heraldry, Pageantry, and Social Display in Medieval England, page 199
  2. A person who records or adds a dubbed soundtrack to a film.
  3. UKobsoleteslangA person's mouth or tongue.

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

    2010, Emily Hendrickson, The Fashionable Spy
    1 more example

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

    1857, Hidden Links; Or the Schoolfellows. A Tale, volume 2, page 233

dubber2

noundubber (plural dubbers)

plural dubbers · alternative dabbah · alternative dubba · alternative dubbah

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

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Origin

dubber · noun

  1. Arabicدُبَّاء“bottle gourd”
  2. Englishdubber

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

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Translations

Arabic مُدَبْلِج, مُدَبْلِجَة
  • مُدَبْلِج (mudablij)person working with film
  • مُدَبْلِجَة (mudablija)person working with film
Czech dabér
  • dabérperson working with film
French doubleur, doubleuse
  • doubleurperson working with film
  • doubleuseperson working with film
  • doubleursperson working with film
  • doubleusesperson working with film
Italian doppiatore
  • doppiatoreperson working with film
Portuguese dobrador, dublador
  • dobradorperson working with film
  • dubladorperson working with film

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Cite this entry
APA

dubber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubber

MLA

“dubber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubber. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dubber,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dubber.

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