ropaire

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From rop (thrust, stab, verb) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

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ropaire m (genitive singular ropaire, nominative plural ropairí)

  1. thruster, stabber; violent person
  2. cut-purse, robber; scoundrel
  3. (historical) rapparee
  4. (historical) rap (any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century)

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