highwayman

  • 21Highwayman (Glen Campbell album) — Infobox Album | Name = Highwayman Type = Album Artist = Glen Campbell Released = October, 1979 Recorded = 1979, Lagniappe, Sherman Oaks, California / Broad Recording Studios, Honolulu, Hawaii / Capitol Records, Hollywood, California Genre =… …

    Wikipedia

  • 22Highwayman's hitch — Knot details name= Highwayman s hitch names= Fireman s hitch, Mooring Hitch type= hitch strength= origin= related= releasing= Non jamming uses= Quick release, draw loop hitch caveat= abok number= The highwayman s hitch also known at the fireman s …

    Wikipedia

  • 23highwayman — noun Date: 1649 a thief who robs travelers on a road …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24highwayman — /huy way meuhn/, n., pl. highwaymen. (formerly) a holdup man, esp. one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road. [1640 50; HIGHWAY + MAN] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 25highwayman — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thief, robber, footpad, thug, bandit. See stealing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bandit, outlaw, thief; see criminal , robber . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who steals: bandit, burglar,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 26highwayman — high|way|man [ˈhaıweımən] n plural highwaymen [ mən] someone who stopped people and carriages on the roads and robbed them, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27highwayman — high|way|man [ haı,weımən ] (plural highwaymen [ haı,weımən ] ) noun count a man who in the past stopped people who were traveling on public roads in order to steal things from them …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28highwayman — [[t]ha͟ɪweɪmən[/t]] highwaymen N COUNT In former times, highwaymen were people who stopped travellers and robbed them …

    English dictionary

  • 29highwayman — high·way·man || haɪweɪmÉ™n n. man (especially on horseback) who robs people traveling on a public road …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 30highwayman —    a thief on the highway    Not just any wayfarer. He was usually on horseback, when he was a high pad, as distinct from the footpad, who robbed on the pad, or path, on foot. His robbery was known as the high law and he was the high lawyer …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms