Usually means: Violent person; often criminally involved.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. ruffian: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ruffian: Merriam-Webster
  3. ruffian: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ruffian: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ruffian: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ruffian: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ruffian, ruffian: Wordnik
  8. ruffian: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ruffian: Wiktionary
  10. ruffian: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ruffian: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ruffian: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Ruffian, ruffian: Dictionary.com
  14. ruffian: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Ruffian (film), Ruffian (horse), Ruffian, The Ruffian: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Ruffian: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. ruffian: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. ruffian: Rhymezone
  19. Ruffian: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. ruffian: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ruffian: FreeDictionary.org
  22. ruffian: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. ruffian: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ruffian: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ruffian: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ruffian, ruffian, ruffian: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Ruffian: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  3. Ruffian: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See ruffianism as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
noun:  (obsolete) A pimp; a pander.
noun:  (obsolete) A lover; a paramour.
verb:  To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
adjective:  Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous.

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