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road agents

road agents is the plural 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.

Questions about road agents

What is road agents the plural of?
Road agents is the plural of road agent.

Words near road agents in the dictionary

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

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