rapparee
/ˌræpəˈriː/
noun
- A bandit, robber, or plunderer, especially one from 17th-century Ireland.
- During the war, the countryside was terrorized by a group of rapparees.
- Historians describe the rapparee as a kind of Irish outlaw who fought against English rule.
- The old legend tells of a rapparee who hid stolen gold in the mountains.