highwayman

English

Etymology

From highway +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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): See also Thesaurus:highwayman

Translations

a person who robbed travelers on roads

• Bashkir: юлбаҫар (yulbaśar)
• Bengali: ঠগী (ṭhogi)
• Catalan: bandoler (ca) m, lladre de camí ral m
• Czech: zbojník m
• Danish: landevejsrøver c
• Dutch: struikrover (nl) m
• Estonian: maanteeröövel
• Finnish: maantierosvo (fi)
• French: bandit de grand chemin (fr), brigand (fr) m, malandrin (fr) m
• German: Wegelagerer (de) m, Straßenräuber (de) m
• Greek: ληστής (el) m (listís)
• Hungarian: útonálló (hu), betyár (hu)
• Icelandic: vegaræningi m, stigamaður m
• Irish: gadaí bóthair m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ladrone m, bandito (it) m, brigante (it), masnadiere m, predone (it) m
• Korean: 노상강도 (nosanggangdo)
• Latin: latrunculus
• Macedonian: дру́мски ра́збојник m (drúmski rázbojnik)
• Norman: voleux d'grand'c'mîn m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: landeveisrøver m, stratenrøver m

• Portuguese: salteador m
• Romanian: tâlhar de drum mare m, bandit (ro) m, hoț (ro) m
• Russian: разбо́йник с большо́й дороги m (razbójnik s bolʹšój dorogi)
• Spanish: bandolero (es) m, salteador m
• Swedish: stråtrövare (sv) c
• Welsh: lleidr pen ffordd m, carn-lleidr m

See also

• highway robbery
• stand and deliver