Rapparee
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rapparee is a noun meaning (Ireland, historical or archaic) A bandit or brigand.
Meaning
(Ireland, historical or archaic) A bandit or brigand.
Example Sentences
And then he would relate stories of banshees, and robberies, and ghosts, and hair-breadth escapes, and 'rapparees,' and adventures in the wars of King James, which he heard told in his nonage by the old folk, long vanished, who remembered those troubles.
Word Forms
- rapparees
- raparee
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include raparee, riever, reiver, rider, reaver, rapter.
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