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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
ruffian
n 1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough,
hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo,
yobbo]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ruffian \Ruf"fian\ (r[u^]f"yan or r[u^]f"f[i^]*an; 277), n. [F.
rufien, OF. ruffien, ruffian, pimp, libertine, rake; cf. Pr.
& Sp. rufian, It. ruffiano; all perhaps of German or Dutch
origin; cf. G. raufen to pluck, scuffle, fight, OD. roffen to
pander. Cf. Ruffle to grow turbulent.]
1. A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. [Obs.]
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He [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is
instantly at home, reveling with her ruffians. --Bp.
Reynolds.
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2. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow
ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
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Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian? --Shak.
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2. Hence: A tough, lawless or bullying person.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, a.
Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian
rage.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, v. i.
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. [R.] --Shak.
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Thesaurus Results for ruffian:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
Babbitt, Philistine, arriviste, bad boy, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade, booger, boor, bounder, bourgeois, bravo, brawler, bucko, buffoon, bugger, bully, bullyboy, cad, churl, clown, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, cutthroat, cutup, desperado, devil, disputant, duelist, elf, enfant terrible, enforcer, epicier, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman, funmaker, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, groundling, gunman, guttersnipe, hatchet man, hell-raiser, hellcat, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, ill-bred fellow, imp, joker, jokester, jouster, killer, knave, knight, little devil, little monkey, little rascal, looby, lout, low fellow, mad dog, militant, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, mucker, nouveau riche, parvenu, peasant, pixie, plug-ugly, practical joker, prankster, puck, punk, quarreler, rapscallion, rascal, ribald, rioter, rival, rogue, rough, roughneck, rowdy, sabreur, scamp, scapegrace, scrapper, scuffler, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, thug, tilter, tough, tussler, upstart, vulgarian, vulgarist, wag, wrangler, yahoo, yokel |
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Common Misspellings > |
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