RUFFLER


Meaning of RUFFLER in English

-f(ə)lə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: ruffle (I) + -er

1. archaic : a vagabond rogue or beggar of the 16th century often professing to be an injured soldier

2. : a swaggering roistering fellow

strut like the bold rufflers they fancied themselves to be — T.B.Costain

3. : disturber

a great ruffler of pat orthodoxies

4. : a sewing-machine attachment for making ruffles

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