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highwayman definition

highway·man (hī′wā mən)

noun pl. highwaymen -·men (-mən)

a man, esp. one on horseback, who formerly robbed travelers on a highway

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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