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  Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, v. i.
     To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. [R.] --Shak.
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  Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, a.
     Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian
     rage.
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  Ruffian \Ruf"fian\ (r[u^]f"yan or r[u^]f"f[i^]*an; 277), n. [F.
     rufien, OF. ruffien, ruffian, pimp, libertine, rake; cf. Pr.
     & Sp. rufian, It. ruffiano; all perhaps of German or Dutch
     origin; cf. G. raufen to pluck, scuffle, fight, OD. roffen to
     pander. Cf. Ruffle to grow turbulent.]
     1. A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. [Obs.]
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              He [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is
              instantly at home, reveling with her ruffians. --Bp.
                                                    Reynolds.
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     2. A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow
        ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
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              Wilt thou on thy deathbed play the ruffian? --Shak.
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     2. Hence: A tough, lawless or bullying person.
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  Ruffian \Ruf"fian\ (? or ?; 277), n. [F. rufien, OF. ruffen,
     ruffian, pimp. libertine, ake; cf. pr. & Sp. rufian, It.
     ruffiano; all perhaps of German or Dutch origin; cf. G.
     raufen to pluck, scuffle, fight, OD. roffen to pander. Cf.
     Ruffle to grow urbulent.]
     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.

  Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, a.
     brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian
     rage.

  Ruffian \Ruf"fian\, v. i.
     To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. [R.] --Shak.

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

  ruffian
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 κακούργος, κακοποιός
     2 κανάγιας

  ruffian
     French n.
     (alternative spelling of fr rufian)

  ruffian
     a.
     Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous.
     n.
     1 A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and
  unreliable person.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A pimp; a pander.
     3 (lb en obsolete) A lover; a paramour.
     vb.
     To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.

  ruffian
     French n.
     (alternative spelling of fr rufian)

  ruffian
     French n.
     (alternative spelling of fr rufian)

  ruffian /ɹˈʌfiən/
  apache

  Ruffian /ɹˈʌfiən/
  الشرير

  ruffian //ˈɹʌfi.ən// 
  грубиян, хулиган
  scoundrel, rascal

  ruffian /ɹˈʌfiən/ 
  darebák

  ruffian /ɹˈʌfiən/ 
  surovec

  ruffian /ɹˈʌfiən/
  Schlägertyp , Schläger , Klopper , Brutalo  [ugs.]
     Synonyms: thug, hoodlum, hood
  
   see: thugs, ruffians, hoodlums, hoods
  

  ruffian //ˈɹʌfi.ən// 
  rettelöijä, räyhääjä, öykkäri
  scoundrel, rascal

  ruffian /rʌfiən/
  Apache, apache

  ruffian /ɹˈʌfiən/ 
  1. बदमाश
        "A gang of ruffians enterted his house. "

  ruffian /ɹˈʌfiən/
  grubijan, hulja, kavgadžija, lupež, naprasit

  ruffian /ɹˈʌfiən/
  1. útonálló
  2. haramia
  3. bandita

  ruffian /rʌfiən/
  apache, straatschuimer

  ruffian //ˈɹʌfi.ən// 
  bølle
  scoundrel, rascal

  ruffian /ˈrʌfɪən/ 
    opryszek

  ruffian /rʌfiən/
  apache, bigorrilha, vadio

  ruffian //ˈɹʌfi.ən// 
  lymmel, rackare, skurk, slyngel
  scoundrel, rascal

  ruffian /ɹˈʌfiən/
  1. vicdansız ve alçak kimse
  2. zalim, gaddar, canavarca, habis. ruffianly  gaddarca, habisçe.

  ruffian /ʁy.fjɑ̃/ 
  ruffiano

  ruffian /ʁy.fjɑ̃/ 
  rufián

  120 Moby Thesaurus words for "ruffian":
     Babbitt, Philistine, arriviste, bad boy, battler, belligerent,
     belted knight, bickerer, blade, booger, boor, bounder, bourgeois,
     bravo, brawler, bucko, buffoon, bugger, bully, bullyboy, cad,
     churl, clown, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant,
     cutthroat, cutup, desperado, devil, disputant, duelist, elf,
     enfant terrible, enforcer, epicier, fencer, feuder, fighter,
     fighting cock, foilsman, funmaker, gamecock, gladiator, goon,
     gorilla, groundling, gunman, guttersnipe, hatchet man, hell-raiser,
     hellcat, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, ill-bred fellow, imp, joker,
     jokester, jouster, killer, knave, knight, little devil,
     little monkey, little rascal, looby, lout, low fellow, mad dog,
     militant, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, mucker, nouveau riche,
     parvenu, peasant, pixie, plug-ugly, practical joker, prankster,
     puck, punk, quarreler, rapscallion, rascal, ribald, rioter, rival,
     rogue, rough, roughneck, rowdy, sabreur, scamp, scapegrace,
     scrapper, scuffler, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man,
     strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer,
     swordsman, thug, tilter, tough, tussler, upstart, vulgarian,
     vulgarist, wag, wrangler, yahoo, yokel
  
  

  n. 恶棍,无赖;
  a. 儿恶的,残忍的,残暴的;

     n. 恶棍,无赖
     a. 凶恶的,残忍的,残暴的