The Collaborative International Dictionary
raparee
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.
Wiktionary
raparee
n. (alternative form of rapparee English)
Usage examples of "raparee".
Eyes on the Raparee, Harry neglected his more intimate enemy, and it thrust a piece of flesh into his mouth.
Once the decay began it seemed the Raparee was devoured in seconds, but it was difficult to be certain.
Thomas explained that the raparees were bands of young men belonging to dispossessed families.
We were building a schooner from the wreckage when a horde of ill-favoured raparees attacked us - Dyaks and Malays led by a nasty confident qucan, a bloody-minded covetous froward strumpet.