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high·way·man    Audio Help   [hahy-wey-muhn] Pronunciation Key
–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    Audio Help   (hī'wā'mən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A man who holds up and robs travelers on a road.

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highwayman

noun
a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it [syn: highjacker] 

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ˈhighwayman noun — plural ˈhighwaymen
in earlier times, a man usually on horseback, who attacked and robbed people travelling in coaches etc on public roads
Arabic: قاطِع طريق
Chinese (Simplified): 拦路的强盗
Chinese (Traditional): 攔路的強盜
Czech: loupežník
Danish: landevejsrøver
Dutch: struikrover
Estonian: maanteeröövel
Finnish: maantierosvo
French: bandit de grand chemin
German: der Straßenräuber
Greek: ληστής
Hungarian: útonálló
Icelandic: stigamaður
Indonesian: perampok
Italian: brigante
Japanese: 追いはぎ
Latvian: lielceļa laupītājs
Lithuanian: plėšikas
Norwegian: landeveisrøver
Polish: rozbójnik
Portuguese (Brazil): ladrão de estrada
Portuguese (Portugal): salteador
Romanian: hoţ la drumul mare
Russian: разбойник (с большой дороги)
Slovak: lúpežník, zbojník
Slovenian: cestni razbojnik
Spanish: salteador de caminos, bandido
Swedish: stråtrövare
Turkish: eşkiya, soyguncu
See also: high-chair, high-level, high-rise, highlands, highlight, highly, highness, highroad, highway, high-class, high-handed, high-minded, high-pitched, high-powered, high-spirited, highly-strung, high, high and dry, high and low, high and mighty, high jump, high school, high spirits, high street, high tide, high water, high-tech, higher education, Highway Code, it is high time, the high seas

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