Highwayman

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  • noun. A man who holds up and robs travelers on a road.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A robber on the highway; one who robs passengers in public roads or places.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
    • Word Usage
    "The highwayman is the inspiration for my victims in my newest book."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    holdup man  stickup man  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    dick turpin  footpad  padder  turpin  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    assassin  bandit  banditti  brigand  buccaneer  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bandit  road agent  robber  
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