1. (n.) A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow\; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.

2. (n.) A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.

3. (a.) brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.

4. (v. i.) To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.

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