Dictionary entry

Tatterdemalion

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tat′ter‐de‐mal″ion (?), n. [Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See Tatter, and Mail armor.] A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L'Estrange.