A holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it.
Mounted robber who steals from travellers, an archaic term.
1 The first difficulty was as to who the real highwayman could be.
2 Walter began to think he had fallen in with a highwayman again.
3 And folk said they highwayman wad skin the breeks aff a Hielandman.
4 The last story of a highwayman happened almost literally to Mrs. Cavendish.
5 Because of his infatuation for the girl he had become a highwayman .
6 A riding-cloak, the relic apparently of a highwayman , hangs behind the door.
7 He is a spiritual highwayman that robs on the road to heaven.
8 Louis sat silent and motionless, his revolver still pointing at the highwayman .
9 They thought I must be some relation to Claude Duval, the highwayman .
10 If a highwayman were to rob you, he would be taken in.'
11 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Chloé's autumn winter show took on a highwayman swagger.
12 Why are you are you running through the forest like a highwayman ?
13 Are you going to kill Brother Cavalier like a highwayman and thief?
14 The functions of highwayman and magistrate were combined in one individual.
15 For even a highwayman in China respects a man of learning.
16 The highwayman passed his victim and threw open the bonnet of the Wolseley.
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