meaning of ruffian
1. A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.
2. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
3. brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
4. To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
5. a cruel and brutal fellow
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ruffian | ruffianage | ruffianish | ruffianism | ruffianlike | ruffianly | ruffianous |