#aidamac

• Ruffian — An old, archaic, or regional form (historically encountered in old chronicles) for the term haidamac; a sturdy, tall, and robust man, but often lazy, quarrelsome, or prone to looting; a low-class outlaw, highwayman, or brawler who roamed rural roads. In a modern pejorative sense, it describes a coarse and turbulent individual.