An Irish outlaw or robber haunting woods or wild country; such outlaws collectively.
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释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in Ireland (3) wood-kern1548 An Irish outlaw or robber haunting woods or wild country; such outlaws collectively. Tory1646 In 17th-cent. Ireland: a person living as an outlaw after being dispossessed by English settlers, and surviving by acts of robbery and plunder… rapparee1690 An Irish pikeman or irregular soldier, esp. one fighting on the Jacobite side during the Williamite War of 1689–91. Hence: an Irish bandit… |
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