ruffian n : a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo]

English

Noun

ruffian

1. a scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person

Synonyms

• rogue
• scamp

Translations

A ruffian can be defined as a scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ruffian As a proper noun, Ruffian may refer to:

• Ruffian (horse), a famous thoroughbred filly racehorse
• Ruffian (film), 2007 television movie about the racehorse
• Ruffian, a chess engine
• Border Ruffians, pro-Slavery activists from Kansas in the American Civil War
• The Ruffian on the Stair, a British play
• HMS Bellerophon (1786), also known as Billy Ruffian

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