rapparee

Definition

A bandit or brigand.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."