Rapparee

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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]