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rapparee Definition

Rapparee
(n.) A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century

rapparee Bedeutung

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Rapparees or raparees were Irish guerrilla fighters who operated on the Jacobite side during the 1690s Williamite war in Ireland. Subsequently the name was also given to bandits and highwaymen in Ireland ? many former guerrillas having turned to crime after the war ended. They share similarities with the hajduks of Eastern Europe.