Raubein — meaning in English

English meaning

• roughneck noun A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
• ruffian noun A violent, lawless, or thuggish person.

Senses

Raubein is used for these senses in English:

• roughneck (colloquial, chiefly, US) Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. [from 19th c.]
• ruffian A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.

roughneck — full definition

1. noun A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
2. noun A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks.
3. noun Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person.