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Meaning of Rapparee | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A bandit or brigand.

Ireland, archaic, historical

Equivalents

العربية قاطع الطّريق

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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