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highwayman

noun
/ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/CA

Etymology

From highway + man.

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as highwayman — “highway + man”

Definitions

  1. 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; […]
    • And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
    • I was a highwayman / Across the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA