Ruffian: alternatives and connections

The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

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Assailing; attacking.

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One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

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One who attacks.

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An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.

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The external membranous integument of an animal.

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A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.

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One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.

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Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of an…

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