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rapparee

rapparee noun: a bandit or brigand.

Noun

rapparee (plural rapparees)

  1. (Ireland, archaic, historical) A bandit or brigand.
    • 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.1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

Forms of rapparee

pluralrapparees
alternative formraparee

Origin of rapparee

from Irish rapaire, variant of ropaire (“cutpurse”).

Questions about rapparee

What does rapparee mean?
Rapparee means a bandit or brigand.
What part of speech is rapparee?
Rapparee is a noun.
What is the plural of rapparee?
The plural of rapparee is rapparees.

Words near rapparee in the dictionary

  1. Rappahannock
  2. Rappahannock County
  3. Rappai
  4. Rappaport
  5. Rappaports
  6. rapparee
  7. rapparees
  8. rappas
  9. Rappe
  10. rapped
  11. rapped at

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