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 Definitions of highwayman  [ˈhaɪˌweɪ mən]  

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Definition of 'highwayman' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) highwayman
a holdup man, esp. one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.

Etymology:  (1640–50)

Definition of 'highwayman' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agent
a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it


Definition of 'highwayman' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) highwayman
one who robs on the public road; a highway robber


Translation of 'highwayman' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: in earlier times, a man usually on horseback, who attacked and robbed people travelling in coaches etc on public roads.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: padrower, struikrower Arabic flag Arabic: قاطِع طريق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: разбойник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: salteador Czech flag Czech: loupežník German flag German: der Straßenräuber
Danish flag Danish: landevejsrøver Greek flag Greek: ληστής Spanish flag Spanish: salteador de caminos, ban
Estonian flag Estonian: maanteeröövel Farsi flag Farsi: راهزن Finnish flag Finnish: maantierosvo
French flag French: bandit de grand chemin Hebrew flag Hebrew: שׁוֹדֵד דְרָכִים Hindi flag Hindi: लुटेरा
Croatian flag Croatian: cestovni razbojik Hungarian flag Hungarian: útonálló Indonesian flag Indonesian: perampok
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stigamaður Italian flag Italian: brigante Japanese flag Japanese: 追いはぎ
Korean flag Korean: (옛날 영국의 주요 도로에 출몰한 말탄) 노상 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: plėšikas Latvian flag Latvian: lielceļa laupītājs
Malay flag Malay: penyamun di jalan Dutch flag Dutch: struikrover Norwegian flag Norwegian: landeveisrøver
Polish flag Polish: rozbójnik Persian flag Persian: راهزن Pashto flag Pashto: غل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: salteador Romanian flag Romanian: hoţ la drumul mare Russian flag Russian: разбойник (с большой доро
Slovak flag Slovak: lúpežník, zbojník Slovenian flag Slovenian: cestni razbojnik Serbian flag Serbian: pljačkaš kočija
Swedish flag Swedish: stråtrövare Thai flag Thai: โจรที่ดักปล้นตามถนน Turkish flag Turkish: eşkiya, soyguncu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (舊時)攔路搶劫的匪徒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розбійник (з битого шляху Urdu flag Urdu: ڈاکو، رہزن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kẻ cướp đường Chinese flag Chinese: 拦路的强盗

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