Definitions of ruffian

1. To play the ruffian; to rage.

2. To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.

3. a cruel and brutal fellow

4. A brutal, lawless fellow; one given to cruel deeds.

5. Ruffianism.

6. A brutal, boisterous fellow: a robber: a murderer.

7. A brutal violent fellow.

8. A lawless, brutal fellow; marauder.

9. A boisterous brutal fellow; a fellow ready for any desperate crime; a robber; a murderer.

10. A brutal fellow, ready for any desperate enterprise or crime.

11. brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.

12. Brutal; cruel.

13. Brutal: boisterous.

14. Brutal; savagely boisterous.

15. Brutal; savage.