highwayman

English

Etymology

From highway +‎ man.

Pronunciation

(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/

Noun

highwayman (plural highwaymen)

(historical) A person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads.
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”:
  The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
- 1977, Jimmy Webb, “Highwayman”:
  I was a highwayman / Across the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side.

Synonyms

(person who robbed travelers): See also Thesaurus:highwayman

Translations

a person who robbed travelers on roads

Bashkir: юлбаҫар (yulbaθar)
Bengali: ঠগী (ṭhôgī)
Catalan: bandoler m, lladre de camí ral m
Czech: zbojník m
Danish: landevejsrøver c
Dutch: struikrover (nl) m
Estonian: maanteeröövel
Finnish: maantierosvo (fi)
French: bandit de grand chemin (fr), brigand (fr) m, malandrin (fr) m
German: Wegelagerer (de) m, Straßenräuber (de) m
Greek: ληστής (el) m (listís)
Hungarian: útonálló (hu), betyár (hu)
Icelandic: vegaræningi m, stigamaður m
Irish: gadaí bóthair m

Italian: ladrone m, bandito (it) m, brigante (it), masnadiere m, predone (it) m
Korean: 노상강도 (nosanggangdo)
Latin: latrunculus
Macedonian: дру́мски ра́збојник m (drúmski rázbojnik)
Norman: voleux d'grand'c'mîn m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: landeveisrøver m, stratenrøver m
Portuguese: salteador m
Romanian: tâlhar de drum mare m, bandit (ro) m, hoț (ro) m
Russian: разбо́йник с большо́й дороги m (razbójnik s bolʹšój dorogi)
Spanish: bandolero (es) m, salteador m
Swedish: stråtrövare c
Welsh: lleidr pen ffordd m, carn-lleidr m

See also

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