RUF'FIAN, noun A boisterous, brutal fellow; a fellow ready for any desperate crime; a robber; a cut-throat; a murderer. RUF'FIAN, adjective Brutal; savagely boisterous; as ruffian rage. RUF'FIAN, verb intransitive To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI