Croppie
/ˈkrɒp.i/noun
A person with closely cropped hair, especially an Irish rebel associated with the 1798 uprising.
Did you know?During the Irish Rebellion of 1798, cropped hair was associated with republican sympathies, and suspected rebels could be publicly shorn as humiliation or identification.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*kruppa
“A rounded mass, lump, or projecting top”
Old English
Old English
cropp
“The top or head of something; a sprout or cluster”
Middle English
Middle English
crop
“The top, head, or growing part of a plant; later, to cut short”
18th Century
English
croppy
“A person whose hair was cropped short, especially in an Irish political context”
1798
Irish English
Croppie
“A nickname for an Irish rebel or suspected republican during the uprising”
Modern English
English
croppie
“A historical term for a cropped-haired Irish rebel; also a variant spelling of crappie, the fish”