Rapparees or
raparees (from the
Irish ropairí, plural of
ropaire, meaning
half-pike or pike-wielding person) 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.