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Rapparee
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (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.]
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Part of speech: noun (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.]