road agent

See also: road-agent

English

Alternative forms

• road-agent

Noun

road agent (plural road agents)

1. (chiefly US, archaic) A criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Silverado Squatters, ch. 1:

     The highway robber—road-agent, he is quaintly called—is still busy in these parts.

2. (archaic) A travelling salesman.

Synonyms

• (robber of travelers): highwayman; See also Thesaurus:highwayman