Ruffian
Encyclopedia
A ruffian is a scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
As a proper noun, Ruffian may refer to:
As a proper noun, Ruffian may refer to:
- Ruffian (horse)Ruffian (horse)Ruffian was an American champion thoroughbred racehorse. Ruffian is considered by many to be the greatest female racehorse in history. Ruffian is among the greatest U.S. racehorses of all time. Her story was told in 2007 film Ruffian.- Career :An almost coal black filly of 16 and a half hands,...
(1972-1975), a famous thoroughbred filly racehorse - Ruffian (film)Ruffian (film)Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went undefeated until her death after breaking down in a nationally televised match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975 against the Kentucky Derby winner,...
, 2007 television movie about the racehorse - Ruffian GamesRuffian GamesRuffian Games is a British video game developer founded in 2008. The developer was formed by two members, Billy Thomson and Gaz Liddon, of the video game developer Realtime Worlds. Ruffian Games originally consisted of members from Realtime Worlds and Xen Studios, among others...
, a Scottish games developer - Ruffian, a chess engine
- Border RuffianBorder RuffianIn the decade leading up to the American Civil War, pro-slavery activists infiltrated Kansas Territory from the neighboring slave state of Missouri. To abolitionists and other Free-Staters, who desired Kansas to be admitted to the Union as a free state, they were collectively known as Border...
s, pro-Slavery activists from Missouri in the American Civil War - The Ruffian on the StairThe Ruffian on the StairThe Ruffian On the Stair is a play by British playwright Joe Orton first broadcast on BBC Radio in August 1964. It is an unsympathetic yet comedic one-act portrayal of working class England, as played out by a couple and a mysterious young man who toys with their lives...
, a British play - HMS Bellerophon (1786)HMS Bellerophon (1786)The first HMS Bellerophon of the Royal Navy was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched on 6 October 1786 at Frindsbury on the River Medway, near Chatham. She was built at the shipyard of Edward Greaves to the specifications of the Arrogant, designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1758, the lead ship...
, also known as Billy Ruffian - The Ruffians, the major antagonists of the NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
game Sin and Punishment - British codename of the German X-Geraet radar system.
- Turkish - a Player of the Ultima Online shard "Teiravon."