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high⋅way⋅man

[hahy-wey-muhn]
–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
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