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Rockite

The English word “Rockite” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A member of an agrarian rebel group active in the south-west of Ireland from 1821 to 1824, whose figurehead was the mythical folk hero Captain Rock.

Etymology

From Rock + -ite.

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