Raparee

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raparee \Rap`a*ree"\ (r[a^]p`[.a]*r[=e]"), n.
     See {Rapparee}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Rapparee \Rap`pa*ree"\ (-p[.a]*r[=e]"), 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}.]
     [1913 Webster]