'Rascal' definitions:
Definition of 'rascal'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Rascal'
From: GCIDE
- Rascal \Ras"cal\, a. Of or pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base. "The rascal many." --Spencer. "The rascal people." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- While she called me rascal fiddler. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rascal'
From: GCIDE
- Rascal \Ras"cal\ (r[a^]s"kal), n. [OE. rascaille rabble, probably from an OF. racaille, F. racaille the rabble, rubbish, probably akin to F. racler to scrape, (assumed) LL. rasiculare, rasicare, fr. L. radere, rasum. See Rase, v.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the rascal. --Wyclif (1 Kings [1 Samuel] vi. 19). [1913 Webster]
- Poor men alone? No, no; the noblest deer hath them [horns] as huge as the rascal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A mean, trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster. [1913 Webster]
- For I have sense to serve my turn in store, And he's a rascal who pretends to more. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rascal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad boy,
- bastard,
- blackguard,
- blighter,
- booger,
- bounder,
- buffoon,
- bugger,
- cad,
- cutup,
- dastard,
- devil,
- elf,
- enfant terrible,
- funmaker,
- good-for-nothing,
- heel,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- imp,
- joker,
- jokester,
- knave,
- little devil,
- little monkey,
- little rascal,
- lowlife,
- minx,
- mischief,
- mischief-maker,
- miscreant,
- pixie,
- practical joker,
- prankster,
- precious rascal,
- puck,
- rapscallion,
- rogue,
- rotter,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- scalawag,
- scamp,
- scapegrace,
- scoundrel,
- shyster,
- sneak,
- spalpeen,
- villain,
- wag,
- wastrel,
- wretch