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road agent

road agent noun: a criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.

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.

Synonyms of road agent

Forms of road agent

pluralroad agents
alternative formroad-agent

Questions about road agent

What does road agent mean?
Road agent means a criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.
What part of speech is road agent?
Road agent is a noun.
What is the plural of road agent?
The plural of road agent is road agents.

Words near road agent in the dictionary

  1. Roachs
  2. roachy
  3. road
  4. road accident
  5. road accidents
  6. road agent
  7. road agents
  8. road apple
  9. road apples
  10. road bed
  11. road bicycle

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