-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