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

A dishonest unprincipled man; a cunning unscrupulous rogue; a villain; (in early use also) †an unpleasant or disagreeable man (obsolete). Often…

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 fool, simpleton; rogue, 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.

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

As a term of contempt: (probably) a rogue, a scoundrel.

A rogue, scoundrel. Obsolete.

derogatory. Chiefly in forms without Latin ending (see β forms) and with lower-case initial. A wicked, destructive, or difficult person; a…

A knave, a 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.

As a term of contempt or abuse: a knave, a rogue.

A violent, greedy, or ruthless person; a plunderer; (also more generally) a scoundrel.

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

As a common noun. An ordinary man or boy; a lad, a fellow; esp. a man of low social status; now chiefly in African-American use (without negative…

transferred. A rustic, peasant, country person; †contemptuously vagabond, rascal (obsolete). Now rare.

(see quots.).

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

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

A wicked, destructive, or difficult person; (also) a person who gossips or tells tales; a tattler. Cf. Tutivillus, n. 2.

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.

A ruffian, a villain; a rascal.

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

A scoundrel, wretch.

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

Apparently = canter, n.2

A rascal, scamp, scoundrel, villain. Now archaic (except in South Africa).

A rogue.

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

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.

A fellow, a rogue. Obsolete. rare.

figurative (chiefly U.S.). A person likened to a pirate; a rogue, a scoundrel. Obsolete.

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

A rogue.

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

Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish (southern). A worthless person, a good-for-nothing; a rascal, a scamp; a naughty child. Now rare.

A vulgarly or obtrusively overdressed person; also a sponger, hanger-on, parasite; a roué, rake, swell-mobsman. slang. Obsolete.

used jocularly for ‘knave’ (in allusion to the expression for the dealer's score on turning up a knave at cribbage: see heel, n.1 6).

A rogue or ruffian; a troublemaker.

A good-for-nothing, a rascal, a rogue. (Now usually playfully of children.)

colloquial (originally and chiefly Australian). A troublesome or unruly young man. Now rare.

slang. A thief; also ‘rascal’, ‘beggar’.

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

A rogue or sharper; also, an uncouth or rowdy fellow, a larrikin.

A rogue, a rascal. Also as adj.: roguish, mischievous.

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

One who or that which is remarkable or extraordinary; (often familiarly) a great rascal or scamp, a ‘devil’.

British slang (humorous and euphemistic). = bastard, n. 2a.

An unpleasant or contemptible person (typically a man). Also in weakened sense as a mildly dismissive term, sometimes expressing affection or…