Definitions for "Ruffian"
A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
Keywords:  pander, paramour, pimp
A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.
Ruffian (April 17 1972 - July 7 1975) was an American champion thoroughbred racehorse, considered by many horseracing enthusiasts to be the greatest female racehorse of all time.
Keywords:  lawless, bullying, tough, person
A tough, lawless or bullying person.
a belligerent swaggerer who attends plays on his own terms