This week's theme: yours to discover. rapparee (rap-uh-REE) noun
1. An Irish guerrilla fighter in the late seventeenth century. 2. Any freebooter or robber. [From Irish rapaire/ropaire (half-pike), since rapparees were known to carry these.] -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "The bloody man, the more than Hun, the sottish rapparee, he will not die." Patrick O'Brian; Master and Commander; W.W. Norton; 2003. Sponsored by: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qt4&ad=aw Want a professional writer's help? Critiques, help with writer's block. Fiction, nonfiction, business writing. Free newsletter. http://RoySorrels.com ............................................................................ The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority. -Lord Acton, historian (1834-1902) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/rapparee.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/rapparee.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/rapparee.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
