Bubba Definition

bŭbə

noun

Brother.

Webster's New World

Close friend.

Webster's New World

A man of the Southern U.S., variously characterized as easygoing, companionable, assertively masculine, uneducated, bigoted, violent, etc.

Webster's New World

(US) Alternative form of bubba (a white male Southerner).

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pronoun

(Southern US) The stereotypical white male; John Doe.

German businesses wonder what Otto Normalverbraucher will buy, while US politicians fret over who Bubba vote for in the next US election.

Wiktionary

(Southern US) A generic nickname for any white male.

Watch it, Bubba!

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Other Word Forms of Bubba

Singular:

bubba

Plural:

bubbas

Possibly an alteration of brother or bub, said by a young child not yet able to pronounce brother properly. Compare sissy.

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Alteration of bub

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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