Highwayman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A man who holds up and robs travelers on a road.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A robber on the highway; one who robs passengers in public roads or places.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stickup man    holdup man   
    Hyponym
    dick turpin    footpad    padder    turpin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bandit    robber    road agent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    housebreaker    freebooters    freebooter    buccaneer    marauder   
     
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