ruffler

English

Etymology

From ruffle +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

ruffler (plural rufflers)

  1. (historical) A ruffian, bully, or villain, especially a 16th-17th-century vagabond operating under the guise of a maimed soldier or sailor.
    • 1840-1841, Charles Dickens, Master Humphrey's Clock
      […] and then how he grasped his club and longed to do battle with a dozen rufflers, for the love of Mistress Alice!
    • 1978, Michael Moorcock, chapter 1, in Gloriana; or, The Unfulfill'd Queen:
      The ruffler in leather, who lately went fighting through the door, has returned, presumably by means of another entrance.
  2. A sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.

Further reading

  • “ruffler”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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