1. British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
   - Sir Thomas Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

1. A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
   "The school held a raffle to raise funds for new equipment"

1. Dispose of in a lottery
   "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas";
   - raffle off

Type of: administrator, drawing, executive, gift, give, lottery, present

Encyclopedia: Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman