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highwayman

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high·way·man  (hwmn)
n.
A man who holds up and robs travelers on a road.
highwayman [ˈhaɪˌweɪmən]
n pl -men
(formerly) a robber, usually on horseback, who held up travellers
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.highwaymanhighwayman - a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
hijacker, road agent, highjacker
footpad, padder - a highwayman who robs on foot
holdup man, stickup man - an armed thief
highwayman
noun bandit, robber, brigand, outlaw He had a mask tied round his face like a highwayman.
Translations
highwayman [ˈhaɪweɪmən] N (highwaymen (pl)) → salteador m de caminos
highwayman [ˈhaɪweɪmən] n → voleur m de grand chemin
highway patrol n (US) → police f de la route
highway robbery n → banditisme m de grand chemin
high wire n (= tightrope) → corde f raide
to be on a high wire (fig) → être sur la corde raide
highwayman [ˈhaɪˌweɪmən] n (-men (pl)) → bandito
highwayman [ˈhaɪˌweɪmən] n (-men (pl)) → bandito


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A HIGHWAYMAN confronted a Traveller, and covering him with a firearm, shouted: "Your money or your life
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
The first seemed to be an assembly of heroes and demigods; the other, a knot of pedlars, pick-pockets, highwayman, and bullies.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
She had lately remitted the trespass of a stage-coachman, who had overturned her post-chaise into a ditch; nay, she had even broken the law, in refusing to prosecute a highwayman who had robbed her, not only of a sum of money, but of her ear-rings; at the same time d--ning her, and saying, "Such handsome b--s as you don't want jewels to set them off, and be d--n'd to you.
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