Dictionary Entry
ruffian
ruffian is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, adjective, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour.
- 2noun
A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat.
- 3adjective
brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
- 4intransitive verb
To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
- 5noun
a cruel and brutal fellow
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