In the medieval period: a person of low social status, esp. regarded as worthless or good-for-nothing; a rascal, vagabond. Also as a form of…

A worthless or contemptible person; a good-for-nothing; a wretch; = brethel, n.

A worthless person (male or female); a rascal.

A useless, lazy, or worthless person.

One who lives in idleness and extravagance; one who wastefully dissipates or consumes his resources, an extravagant spender, a squanderer…

A worthless person, rogue, blackguard; = losel, n. adj. In 16th cent. often opposed to lord.

A worthless person; a profligate, rake, scoundrel; in weaker sense, a ragamuffin, ne'er-do-well.

= land-loper, n.

A low or worthless fellow; a rascal.

A wicked or contemptible person. Obsolete.

= lorel, n. a.

A vagabond.

A worthless or contemptible person; a good-for-nothing; a wretch. Cf. bretheling, n.

a ne'er-do-well, a wasteful person.

a ne'er-do-well.

a group (of jugglers) (one of many alleged group terms found in late Middle English glossarial sources, but not otherwise substantiated).

A worthless person, a fool.

A worthless, good-for-nothing fellow.

An immoral or promiscuous man.

A wretch, worthless person; = brethel, n., brothel, n. 1.

A vile or worthless person; a wretch.

A worthless person, a good-for-nothing. Now English regional (Yorkshire).

A vagabond.

One who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; figurative †a renegade; an adventurer.

A scurvy fellow.

A worthless or vile fellow. Obsolete.

as n. A person of no reputation, a good-for-nothing.

A person who is of no use or help to others, esp. one who is lazy, feckless, and unreliable. Formerly also: †a useless thing (obsolete).

A contemptible, worthless person of either sex; a good-for-nothing. archaic. Applied to a man.

A good-for-nothing person.

an idler.

= ne'er-do-well, n.

a ne'er-do-well.

An idle disreputable fellow, a vagabond.

A disreputable or worthless person; an idle, good-for-nothing fellow; a rascal or rogue (sometimes without serious implication of bad qualities).

A shabby or worthless fellow.

A scoundrel, a rascal, a worthless fellow.

Chiefly as blackguard. A person, esp. a man, who behaves in a dishonourable or contemptible way; someone worthless or despicable; a villain. Now…

A good-for-nothing; a worthless, disreputable person.

‘Something of less value than it seems’; hence, ‘something of no value; trifles’ (Johnson)… Applied to a person, esp. a woman: cf. trash, n.1 4. ? Obs…

figurative. A worthless person; a rascal, a good-for-nothing. Now chiefly Irish English.

= good-for-nothing, n. 1. Cf. good-for-nought, n.

A disreputable, dissolute, or immoral man; a rake. Also in weakened use as a term of abuse (also old rip).

A worthless person, a bad lot.

A good-for-nothing, worthless person, a ne'er-do-well, ‘waster’; a rascal. Also playfully as a mild term of reproof.

A worthless person, a vagabond.

(a) colloquial a person of irregular habits; †(b) a common prostitute; (c) (see quot. 1864); (d) Whaling (see quot. 1883).

a ne'er-do-well.

Originally and chiefly British Navy slang. A person who is not considered to be worth the wages he or she is paid; a useless or lazy person, a…

A worthless, good-for-nothing fellow; a scamp.

transferred. A mean, worthless person or animal.

slang. A worthless person. Also Australian (? transferred from 2) a welsher, defaulter. Also, something worthless, a failure.

A good-for-nothing, idle, worthless, disreputable person.

A disreputable fellow; a good-for-nothing; a scapegrace, blackguard; in Trade Union slang, a man who will not work. Also attributive.

dialect. = shack, n.2 1.

An idle, worthless, or shiftless fellow. (Cf. dead beat, n.2) U.S.

English regional (Yorkshire and west midlands) and Welsh English (southern). An idler, a loafer; a vagrant; a disreputable person. Chiefly derogatory.

An unpleasant or objectionable man or (occasionally) woman.

colloquial. A useless or incompetent person; a person or thing doomed to failure.

a drunkard; a person who fools about; a feckless or irresponsible person.