highwayman
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Canada/ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/
highwayman noun: a person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.
Noun
highwayman (plural highwaymen)
- A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.
- […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...
- And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza I, page 45
- Synonyms:
- highpad, highwaywoman, road agent, scampsman, Saint Nicholas' clerk, Knight of Saint Nicholas, Saint Nicholas' clergyman
highwayman meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
highwayman in Urdu
- ڈکیت, لٹیرا, قزاق
highwayman in Bengali
- person who robbed travelers on roads
- ঠগী ṭhogi
highwayman in Malayalam
- robber, bandit, outlaw
- പെരുവഴിക്കവർച്ചക്കാരൻ, പിടിച്ചുപറിക്കാരൻ, കൊള്ളക്കാരൻ, ലടൻ, ലട്ടൻ, വൃകൻ
highwayman in Kannada
- ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ ಕೊಳ್ಳೆಗಾರ
More languagesFewer languages
- highwayman in Arabic
- قاطِعُ طَرِيق qāṭiʕu ṭarīq, قُطّاعُ ٱلطُّرُق quṭṭāʕu ṭ-ṭuruq
Synonyms of highwayman
- highpad
- highwaywoman
- road agent
- scampsman
- Saint Nicholas' clerk
- Knight of Saint Nicholas
- Saint Nicholas' clergyman
Forms of highwayman
| plural | highwaymen |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hi'way-man |
Origin of highwayman
From highway + man.
Questions about highwayman
- What does highwayman mean?
- Highwayman means a person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.
- What is highwayman in Urdu?
- Highwayman in Urdu is ڈکیت, لٹیرا, قزاق. See Highwayman meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is highwayman?
- Highwayman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce highwayman?
- Highwayman is pronounced /ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/ (Canada).
- What is the plural of highwayman?
- The plural of highwayman is highwaymen.
Words near highwayman in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: highwayman (page history and authors); highwayman (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); highwayman (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); highwayman (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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