A highwayman robbed a foot passenger of his money.
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Highwayman
//ˈhaɪˌweɪmən//
Synonyms for "highwayman" (15 found)
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49 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- قاطِعُ طَرِيق noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- قُطّاعُ ٱلطُّرُق noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Bashkir
1 entries- юлбаҫар noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Bengali
1 entries- ঠগী noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Catalan
2 entries- bandoler noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- lladre de camí ral noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 攔路強盜 /拦路强盗 noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Czech
2 entries- loupežník noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- zbojník noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Danish
1 entries- landevejsrøver noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Dutch
1 entries- struikrover noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Estonian
2 entries- maanteeröövel noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- teeröövel noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Finnish
1 entries- maantierosvo noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
French
3 entries- bandit de grand chemin noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- brigand noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- malandrin noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
German
2 entries- Straßenräuber noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- Wegelagerer noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Greek
1 entries- ληστής noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Hungarian
2 entries- betyár noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- útonálló noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Icelandic
2 entries- stigamaður noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- vegaræningi noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Irish
1 entries- gadaí bóthair noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Italian
4 entries- bandito noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- brigante noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- ladrone noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- masnadiere noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Korean
1 entries- 노상강도 noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Latin
2 entries- latro noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- latrunculus noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Macedonian
2 entries- а́јдук noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- дру́мски ра́збојник noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Norman
1 entries- voleux d'grand'c'mîn noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- landeveisrøver noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- stratenrøver noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Portuguese
1 entries- salteador noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Romanian
3 entries- bandit noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- hoț la drumul mare noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- tâlhar de drum mare noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Russian
1 entries- разбо́йник с большо́й дороги noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Spanish
3 entries- bandolero noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- salteador noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- tenedor de caminos noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Swedish
1 entries- stråtrövare noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Welsh
2 entries- carn-lleidr noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
- lleidr pen ffordd noun (person who robbed travelers on roads)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
A boy having sold a cow at the fair at Hereford, was way-laid by a highwayman, who at a convenient place demanded the money; on this the boy took to his heels and ran away but being overtaken by the highwayman, who dismounted, he pulled the money out of his pocket and strewed it about, and while the highwayman was picking it up, the boy jumped upon the horse and rode home.
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Tom became a highwayman.
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"Stand and deliver, or else!" threatened the highwayman.
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