Originally: a beggar, a vagabond. Later: a dishonest or unprincipled person; a scoundrel, a rogue (frequently as a term of abuse). Also occasionally…

One who begs without justification; a sturdy beggar; a vagabond; an idle rogue or knave. (Often a mere term of abuse.) Obsolete.

A scoundrel.

A male person of low birth or status; (as a general term of contempt or abuse) a worthless fellow, a knave, a rogue, a wretch. Obsolete.

A rascal, blackguard.

Rogue, rascal.

A rascal, a villain. See also pantener, n. adj.

An unprincipled, disreputable, or dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel. Frequently as a term of contempt. Obsolete.

A fool or knave.

= losel, n.

An unprincipled or dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel.

An assistant to a chef or cook; a kitchen servant, a scullion. Also in extended use, as a term of abuse: a man of low birth or status; a knave, a…

As term of contempt or reprobation (also jocularly): A rascal, rogue, knave: = knave, n. 3. Obsolete exc. dialect.

A person of vulgar or disreputable character or manners; a lout; a ruffian; a rogue. Obsolete.

A rogue, scoundrel. Obsolete.

A knave, a rogue.

A low, mean, or contemptible fellow; a rascal, rogue.

A knave or rascal.

? Rogue, rascal.

A rogue, rascal, scoundrel.

the name of the owner and captain of the boat containing jovial reprobates of all trades, in a humorous and sarcastic poem Cocke Lorelles Bote…

a form of cant language used by criminals among themselves; (hence) unintelligible jargon, gibberish.

A person of a low, mean, or knavish disposition; a knave, rogue, rascal.

An abandoned person.

A person who is given to making shifts; a schemer; a shifty person, a rogue. Obsolete.

(see quots.).

A term of contempt, probably for: a rogue, scrounger.

A dishonest, unprincipled person; a rascal, a scoundrel.

One likely to crack or strain a halter, i.e. to die by the gallows; a gallows-bird; = crack-hemp, n., crack-rope, n. Also playfully: cf. ‘rogue’.

A rogue, a rascal.

A rascal. (A term of abuse or contempt, attributed to German speakers.)

‘A mean rascal, a low petty villain’ (Johnson). Now usually with stronger sense: An audacious rascal, one destitute of all moral scruple.

slang. A term of abuse or depreciation applied to persons. A mean, low, ‘scurvy’ fellow; a rascal, scoundrel. †occasionally applied to a woman.

(a) A raw recruit. (b) As a term of contempt: needy beggar, base fellow, knave, rascal.

In less serious use: Rascal; fellow. Obsolete.

A ruffian, a villain; a rascal.

A person resembling Scanderbeg, esp. a type of someone daring and roguish. Also contemptuous: a rascal.

A worthless person; a rascal. Obsolete.

One who uses the ‘cant’ of thieves, etc.; one of the ‘canting crew’; a rogue, vagabond. archaic.

Apparently = canter, n.2

A rogue.

A cheat, a rogue.

In derogatory or depreciative use, typically implying that the person so denoted is untrustworthy or dishonourable. Obsolete.

= crack-halter, n.

A cant name for some species of rogue.

Frequently in Spanish contexts: a rogue, a scoundrel. Also: the hero of a picaresque novel.

A thief or outlaw; a rogue, a scoundrel. Cf. picaro, n. Now chiefly archaic and historical.

? A sheepstealer, rogue.

A rascal, a rogue; a vagabond.

transferred and figurative. In later use often employed loosely as a term of contempt: A rascal, scamp.

A rogue.

One who practises trickery; a rogue, cheat, knave.

A rogue, scoundrel. Also (see quots. 1796 1823 at sense 3). Cf. shack-bag, n. 1.

In trivial use: A reprobate, rogue; an offender against some rule or custom.

colloquial. A fellow of low vulgar manners and behaviour. (An offensive and insulting appellation.)

A scoundrel, a rogue; a miscreant; a hooligan, a ruffian.

(See quot. 1892 and cf. scaramouch, n. 2.)

A person; esp. a fool, an idiot; a good-for-nothing. Now rare.