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highwayman

[ hahy-wey-muhn ]

noun

plural highwaymen.
  1. (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.


highwayman

/ 藞丑补瑟藢飞别瑟尘蓹苍 /

noun

  1. (formerly) a robber, usually on horseback, who held up travellers
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of highwayman1

First recorded in 1640鈥50; highway + -man
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The modern-day Robin Hood story followed mask-wearing highwaymen the Clown and the Wolfman.

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To borrow a word from the highwayman鈥檚 infamous greeting, 鈥淣ell鈥 delivers.

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鈥淭here are highwaymen in places like this. They might block the road to drive us toward them.鈥

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He has gone on to establish regular, silly characters - a romantic poet, a highwayman with a hobbyhorse, and a running story that sends up the allure of the archetypal aloof hero.

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In the 1960s, the highwaymen had plans to drive Interstate 95 straight through D.C.

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