highwayman
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈhaɪweɪmən/
- Archaic
:
bandido de carretera
- On a dusty road, a notorious highwayman ambushed travelers to steal their valuables.
Well, guess what we're going to do more of next boys, more highwaymen.
- Well, guess what we're going to do more of next boys, more highwaymen.
Examples
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To save his orphanage from collapse, Montgomery "Fox" Foxcroft leads a double life as a highwayman.
Blog text (18) -
Last week they hanged a man at Engelstadt, a highwayman.
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Oh, to be a highwayman on a night like this.
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Oh, good lord, a highwayman.
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Jack Fitch, the highwayman, has been seen on this road.
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You'll be delivering this to the highwayman in the morning.
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My father was a well-intentioned highwayman.
Fiction book (1992) -
Above, he had been a soldier turned highwayman, sentenced to hang for his misdeeds.
Fiction book (1993) -
No highwayman ever successfully held up a stagecoach with Charley driving.
Fiction book (2000) -
And he says to me that he was just standing at his window when this highwayman just waltzed right up to him and demanded the money.
Synonyms
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A person who attacks and robs travelers on roads
A woman who robs people traveling on a road
A person who stops and robs travelers on the road in the Old West, often from stagecoaches
A robber who attacks travelers while walking, often in the past
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Highwayman comes from the simple parts highway ('main road') and man ('person'). It originally named someone, often on horseback, who waited on these roads to 'rob' travelers, so today a highwayman means a robber who attacked people on public roads.