highwayman

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From highway +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/

Noun

highwayman (plural highwaymen)

1. (historical) A person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads.
   • 1906, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”:

     The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

   • 1977, Jimmy Webb, “Highwayman”:

     I was a highwayman / Across the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side.

Synonyms

• (person who robbed travelers): ‎bandit‎, ‎road agent‎, ‎robber‎

Translations

a person who robbed travelers on roads

• Bengali: ঠগী (bn)
• Czech: zbojník (cs) m
• Danish: landevejsrøver (da) c
• Dutch: struikrover (nl) m
• Finnish: maantierosvo (fi)
• French: bandit de grand chemin (fr), brigand (fr) m
• German: Wegelagerer (de) m, Straßenräuber (de) m
• Hungarian: útonálló (hu), betyár (hu)

• Icelandic: vegaræningi (is) m, stigamaður (is) m
• Jèrriais: voleux d'grand'c'mîn m
• Macedonian: друмски разбојник (mk) (drúmski rázbojnik) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: landeveisrøver (no) m, stratenrøver (no) m

• Romanian: tâlhar de drum mare (ro) m, bandit (ro) m, hoț (ro) m
• Russian: разбойник с большой дороги m
• Swedish: stråtrövare (sv) c

See also

• highway robbery