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Definition of Rapparee
1. n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary.
Definition of Rapparee
1. Noun. a bandit, brigand ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rapparee
1. a plunderer [n -S] - See also: plunderer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rapparee
Literary usage of Rapparee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"They say further, a proclamation had been published at Dublin offering pardon to
any rapparee that shall come in with his arms in 20 dayes, ..."
2. Picturesque Dublin: Old and New by Frances A. Gerard (1898)
"Lord Meath s House.—Shelbourne Hotel.—Thackeray and the Hearth-Brush.—rapparee
Fields.—Pirates hung.—" I'll go to Stephen's Green in the Cart. ..."
3. List of Works Relating to Ireland: The Irish Language and Literature, Etc by New York Public Library (1905)
"The rapparee; or, The treaty of Limerick. three acts. London : S. French [18—].
64 p. nar. 12°. ... rapparee ..."
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