ruffler

Example Sentences

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"Uncle Charlie," as his Columbia students called him, was also a great ruffler of conventional thought.

From Time Magazine Archive

Were I called suddenly to the palace would not the king and the court despise me as a drunken ruffler from some revel-rout that had fallen from his horse?

From A Boy's Ride by Zollinger, Gulielma

But since thy lord besetteth the way I must needs defend myself against him, as I would against any other ruffler or strong-thief.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

To him your Bearnais is no better than a ruffler, a banditti captain, a guerilla chief.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"It is my intent to lead this company myself," he loftily informed the ruffler.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael