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road-agent

road-agent is the alternative spelling of road agent.

Meaning of road agent

Noun

road agent (plural road agents)

  1. (US, archaic) A criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.
    • The highway robber—road-agent, he is quaintly called—is still busy in these parts.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 1, in The Silverado Squatters
    Synonyms:
    highwayman
  2. (archaic) A travelling salesman.

Forms of road-agent

pluralroad-agents

Questions about road-agent

What is road-agent the alternative spelling of?
Road-agent is the alternative spelling of road agent.

Words near road-agent in the dictionary

  1. road verge
  2. road warrior
  3. road warriors
  4. road work
  5. road works
  6. road-agent
  7. road-agents
  8. road-geese
  9. road-goose
  10. road-hog
  11. road-hogs

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