highwaywoman

noun

Etymology

From highway + woman.

  1. inherited from wīfmann
  2. inherited from womman
  3. compounded as highwaywoman — “highway + woman

Definitions

  1. The female equivalent of a highwayman.

    • They set up a hue and cry for the three highwaywomen, who were at length discovered at a low tavern, spending some of the nearly twelve pounds they had gotten from the sale of Agnes's property.

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