- 1. n. A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. Source: opted
- 2. n. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat. Source: opted
- 3. a. brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage. Source: opted
- 4. v. i. To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. Source: opted
- 5. n. a cruel and brutal fellow Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. [Obs.] he [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is instantly at home, reveling with her ruffians. Bp. Reynolds. 2. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat. Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian Shak. brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage. To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. [R.] Shak. Source: webster
- 7. brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffianrage. Source: adambom
- 8. n:100 n a cruel and brutal fellow Source: ecdict
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