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high⋅way⋅man

  [hahy-wey-muhn]
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–noun, plural -men.
(formerly) a holdup man, esp. one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
Origin:
1640–50; highway + -man
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high·way·man   (hī'wā'mən)   
n.  A man who holds up and robs travelers on a road.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Highwayman

High"way`man\, n.; pl. Highwaymen. One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : highwayman
Spanish: salteador de caminos, bandido,
German: der Straßenräuber,
Japanese: 追いはぎ
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