rubin

plural rubins

1. alternativeAlternative form of rubine (“(obsolete) a ruby”).

   The rubins red and bright

   1884, Richard Francis Burton, transl., Camoens - The Lyricks, Ode XI (Naquelle tempo brando)

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   And, when she spake, Sweete wordes, like dropping honny, she did shed; And twixt the perles and rubins softly brake

   1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

plural Rubins

1. A male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben.
2. 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.

   2020 January 7, Ashley Strickland, “First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin”, in CNN