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Definition of highwayman : One who robs on the public road; a highway robber.

Synonyms:

footpad, buccaneer, plunderer, pillager, depredator, brigand, highjacker, marauder, road agent, crimes, pilferer, purloiner, despoiler, freebooter, forager, bandit, raider

grafter, pirate, lawbreaker, burglar, felon, mugger, culprit, larcener, filcher, lifter, prowler, housebreaker, stealer, poacher, criminal, outlaw, hijacker, pickpocket, cat burglar, thug, thief, robber, villain, larcenist, delinquent, crook, evildoer, swindler

Usage examples:

• David Lewis, the " Galloping Jack" or highwayman of Central Pennsylvania, used new pistols every year, and weapons which he is said to have carried are as plentiful as Ole Bull's violins. - "A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks"", Henry W. Shoemaker.
• Next, putting the horse's bridle also back into Leonard's hand, 'If you are such a man as that, ' the highwayman said, 'I will take neither your money nor your horse! - "A Book of Quaker Saints", Lucy Violet Hodgkin.
• The functions of highwayman and magistrate were combined in one individual. - "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete", John Lothrop Motley.