Pronunciation IPA (key): /ruffian/ Audio (UK)(file) Hyphenation: ruf‧fi‧an Noun Singular ruffian Plural ruffians (countable) Ruffian is a person who does bad and mean things to people.Synonym: rascal This section needs someone to add example sentences to it. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.Remove ads