- highwayman
- noun plural highwaymen, (C) someone who stopped people and carriages on the roads and robbed them especially in the 17th and 18th centuries
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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highwayman — UK [ˈhaɪweɪmən] / US [ˈhaɪˌweɪmən] noun [countable] Word forms highwayman : singular highwayman plural highwaymen UK [ˈhaɪweɪmən] / US [ˈhaɪˌweɪmən] a man who in the past stopped people who were travelling on public roads in order to steal things … English dictionary
