Dictionary

highwayman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/ (Canada)

Etymology

From highway + man.

Meanings

1. (historical) A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.
   • […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […] 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301:
   • I was a highwayman / Across the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side. 1977, Jimmy Webb, Highwayman:
   • And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. 1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza I, page 45:

Forms

Hypernyms

robber · thief · bandit · criminal

Hyponyms

pad · footpad

Relateds

highway robbery · stand and deliver

Synonyms

Saint Nicholas' clergyman · road agent · highwaywoman · highwayman · Knight of Saint Nicholas · scampsman · Saint Nicholas' clerk · highpad

Translations (50)

nrf voleux d'grand'c'mîn (person who robbed travelers on roads) · bn ঠগী (person who robbed travelers on roads) · cy lleidr pen ffordd (person who robbed travelers on roads) · de Straßenräuber (person who robbed travelers on roads) · pt salteador (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ru разбо́йник с большо́й дороги (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ro bandit (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ga gadaí bóthair (person who robbed travelers on roads) · es tenedor de caminos (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ba юлбаҫар (person who robbed travelers on roads) · it brigante (person who robbed travelers on roads) · cs loupežník (person who robbed travelers on roads) · is stigamaður (person who robbed travelers on roads) · mk а́јдук (person who robbed travelers on roads) · et maanteeröövel (person who robbed travelers on roads) · et teeröövel (person who robbed travelers on roads) · fr malandrin (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ca lladre de camí ral (person who robbed travelers on roads) · pt pirata do asfalto (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ar قُطّاعُ ٱلطُّرُق (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ro tâlhar de drum mare (person who robbed travelers on roads) · da landevejsrøver (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ko 노상강도 (person who robbed travelers on roads) · it predone (person who robbed travelers on roads) · nl struikrover (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ca bandoler (person who robbed travelers on roads) · la latrunculus (person who robbed travelers on roads) · sv stråtrövare (person who robbed travelers on roads) · de Wegelagerer (person who robbed travelers on roads) · it ladrone (person who robbed travelers on roads) · is vegaræningi (person who robbed travelers on roads) · nb landeveisrøver (person who robbed travelers on roads) · cy carn-lleidr (person who robbed travelers on roads) · cmn 攔路強盜 /拦路强盗 (person who robbed travelers on roads) · es salteador (person who robbed travelers on roads) · fi maantierosvo (person who robbed travelers on roads) · es bandolero (person who robbed travelers on roads) · it bandito (person who robbed travelers on roads) · fr bandit de grand chemin (person who robbed travelers on roads) · el ληστής (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ar قاطِعُ طَرِيق (person who robbed travelers on roads) · it masnadiere (person who robbed travelers on roads) · nb stratenrøver (person who robbed travelers on roads) · la latro (person who robbed travelers on roads) · hu útonálló (person who robbed travelers on roads) · fr brigand (person who robbed travelers on roads) · cs zbojník (person who robbed travelers on roads) · hu betyár (person who robbed travelers on roads) · ro hoț la drumul mare (person who robbed travelers on roads) · mk дру́мски ра́збојник (person who robbed travelers on roads)