Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Rapparee
Rap′pa·ree′ (-pȧ·rē′), n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; — so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [Written also raparee.]
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Rap′pa·ree′ (-pȧ·rē′), n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; — so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [Written also raparee.]