ruf·fler \-f(ə)lə(r)\noun (-s) Etymology:ruffle (I) + -er 1.archaic: a vagabond rogue or beggar of the 16th century often professing to be an injured soldier 2.: a swaggering roistering fellow < strut like the bold rufflers they fancied themselves to be — T.B.Costain > 3.: disturber < a great ruffler of pat orthodoxies > 4.: a sewing-machine attachment for making ruffles