4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  While  she  called  me  rascal  fiddler.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rascal  \Ras"cal\,  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.] 
  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.] 
 
  He  smote  of  the  people  seventy  men,  and  fifty 
  thousand  of  the  rascal.  --Wyclif  (1 
  Kings  [1 
  Samuel]  vi 
  19). 
 
  Poor  men  alone?  No  no  the  noblest  deer  hath  them 
  [horns]  as  huge  as  the  rascal.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  A  mean  trickish  fellow;  a  base,  dishonest  person;  a 
  rogue;  a  scoundrel;  a  trickster. 
 
  For  I  have  sense  to  serve  my  turn  in  store,  And  he's 
  a  rascal  who  pretends  to  more  --Dryden. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rascal 
  n  1:  a  deceitful  and  unreliable  scoundrel  [syn:  {rogue},  {knave}, 
  {rapscallion},  {scalawag},  {scallywag},  {varlet}] 
  2:  one  who  is  playfully  mischievous  [syn:  {imp},  {scamp},  {monkey}, 
  {rapscallion},  {scalawag},  {scallywag}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  RASCAL,  n.  A  fool  considered  under  another  aspect. 
 
 

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