Highwayman Definition

hīwāmən
highwaymen
noun
highwaymen
A man, esp. one on horseback, who robbed travelers on a highway.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
highwayman
Plural:
highwaymen

Origin of Highwayman

Highwayman Sentence Examples

  • The story also has a highwayman called Lord Tom.

  • The attempt also of the daring highwayman Maternus to seize the empire was betrayed; but at last Eclectus the emperor's chamberlain, Laetus the praefect of the praetorians, and his mistress Marcia, finding their names on the list of those doomed to death, united to destroy him.

  • By 1624 he had fallen into considerable financial straits and became a highwayman.

  • Continuing on her way, Julia rides through the woods, and meets the highwayman.

  • He saw the young highwayman, a young man who was younger than he himself, fall to the ground.

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HHIHIG

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NANMAN

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