highwaymann.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪweɪmən/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/

Inflections: Plural highwaymen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: highway n., man n.¹

Etymology: < highway n. + man n.¹ Compare earlier highway robber n., highway thief n., and highway stander n. at highway n. Compounds 2.A pronunciation with stress on the middle element is also occasionally recorded.

a. A man who holds up travellers on a highway at gunpoint in order to rob them; esp. one who does this on horseback, as distinguished from a footpad. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman

routerc1300

malandryna1438

stradarolle1562

highpad1567

highway robber1577

way-beatera1586

lance-man1589

high lawyer1591

St. Nicholas' clerk1598

outrider1599

bidstand1600

land-pirate1608

highwayman1617

pad1652

knight of the road1665

rum-padder1665

paddist1671

rum pad1688

pad-thief1690

gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700

snaffler1728

gentleman1778

scamp1782

scampsman1799

bandolero1832

ladrone1832

Spring-heeled Jack1838

road agent1840

agent1876

1617 W. Fennor Compters Common-wealth iv. 27 It is this that makes Newmarket heath, and Royston-dounes about Christmas time so full of high-way men that poore Countrie people cannot passe quietly to their Cottages.

1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 38 You will iudge how vnfortunately a man will die, either on the water, like a Pyrate, or..on a tree like a High-way man.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 39 'Tis like the Friendship of Pickpockets and Highwaymen, that are said to observe strict Justice among themselves.

1715 New Journey France 68 The Spectacle was very hideous, being above Twenty Highwaymen, that were hung to the Branches of the Trees.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 141 The charms of riot and debauchery make highwaymen and housebreakers.

1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 237 They raised the hue and cry:—‘Stop thief! stop thief!—a highwayman!’

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ii. 243 Roads in the neighbourhood of the metropolis were infested by footpads or highwaymen.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn ii. 14 We are highwaymen. We stop stages and carriages on the road, with masks on, and kill people and take their watches and money.

1930 Oxf. Ann. Girls 114/1 The Squire picked up the highwayman's discharged pistol and put it into Miss Hester's uninjured hand.

1984 R. D. McGrath Gunfighters, Highwaymen, & Vigilantes iv. 72 The mules kicked and bolted; one highwayman was kicked into the chaparral.

2007 B. le Vay Eccentric London xxii. 263 Hampstead..was once an isolated hamlet and haunt of highwaymen such as Dick Turpin.

b. figurative and in extended use. Cf. highway robbery n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]

thief688

bribera1387

stealer1508

taker?a1513

goodfellow1566

snatcher1575

lift1591

liftera1592

larcin1596

Tartar1602

lime-twig1606

outparter1607

Tartarian1608

flick1610

puggard1611

gilt1620

nim1630

highwayman1652

cloyer1659

out-trader1660

Robin Goodfellow1680

birdlime1705

gyp1728

filch1775

kiddy1780

snaveller1781

larcenist1803

pincher1814

geach1821

wharf-rat1823

toucher1837

larcener1839

snammer1839

drummer1856

gun1857

forker1867

gunsmith1869

nabber1880

thiever1899

tea-leaf1903

gun moll1908

nicker1909

knocker-off1926

possum1945

scuffler1961

rip-off1969

1652 G. Winstanley Law of Freedom in Platform ii. 26 This Government may well be called the Government of high-way men, who hath stoln the Earth from the younger brethren by force, and holds it from them by force.

1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 25 We take..Guns and Lances, to resist the Highway-men the Bears.

1700 B. Furly Let. 20 Aug. in Corr. J. Locke (1976) 118 I mean the art of wrangling about words that most what signify nothing; about which the great HighWaymen of the Church, do ram and damn one another.

1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. I. 391 That highwayman call'd Time (Noted for robbing ladies of their prime).

a1842 W. Maginn Misc. Writings (1855) I. 51 Where's the philosopher would not feel loss of her? Whose bosom these bright sunny eyes would not thaw? Although I'm a game one, these little highwaymen Have rifled the heart of poor Major M'Craw.

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 8 That aerial highwayman the forced landing.

1992 Smithsonian June 75/2 This galaxy is a highwayman, guilty of waylaying comet hunters in their nightly pursuits.

2. A surveyor of highways; a road engineer. rare (U.S. in later use). N.E.D. (1898) notes: ‘In use in north Lincolnshire and elsewhere.’

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor > of roads

bematist1875

highwayman1888

1888 E. A. Freeman Let. 25 Apr. in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 379 Ex. officio guardians and highwaymen I count for a mistake.

1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Nov. 858/1 Highwayman..is only an American term for what we would call a road-engineer.

Compounds

attributive and in the genitive. Designating (the style or shape of) any of various types of long, loose coat or cape resembling or suggestive of the kind traditionally worn by highwaymen in the 17th and 18th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > coat > other

full-dressed1752

broad-skirted1809

swallow-tailed1824

shad-bellied1832

square-tailed1837

cut-off1840

cutaway1841

sack1847

raglan1858

swing-back1862

Prince Albert1873

box back1892

highwayman1892

sack-back1892

sport utility1925

teddy bear1925

Redfern1932

sports utility1940

Crombie1951

1892 Funny Folks 12 Nov. 362/3 One of those new highwayman cloaks.

1901 Daily Chron. 9 July 3/5 A long paletot of white silk, made in the ‘highwayman’ shape, with a number of natty little capes.

1911 V. Bell Let. in Sel. Lett. (1993) 108 I've heard from your mother who has been trying to buy him a highwayman's coat, but luckily such things aren't made now.

1960 Guardian 29 July 7/1 A very dashing full length highwayman coat..with a huge cape collar.

1966 Vogue Nov. 88 (caption) Vogue's adventurers wear..highwaymen's coats.

2012 Harper's Bazaar (Nexis) Sept. 165 Givenchy's cavalier jackets, Salvatore Ferragamo's poet blouses and Gucci's highwayman capes all echo his style.

Derivatives

† highwaymanhood n. Obsolete the fact or condition of being a highwayman.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1861 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem III. clxxviii. 215 Highwaymanhood and foot-padry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	highwayman
释义	highwaymann. Brit. /ˈhʌɪweɪmən/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/ Inflections: Plural highwaymen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: highway n., man n.¹ Etymology: < highway n. + man n.¹ Compare earlier highway robber n., highway thief n., and highway stander n. at highway n. Compounds 2.A pronunciation with stress on the middle element is also occasionally recorded. 1. a. A man who holds up travellers on a highway at gunpoint in order to rob them; esp. one who does this on horseback, as distinguished from a footpad. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > highwayman routerc1300 malandryna1438 stradarolle1562 highpad1567 highway robber1577 way-beatera1586 lance-man1589 high lawyer1591 St. Nicholas' clerk1598 outrider1599 bidstand1600 land-pirate1608 highwayman1617 pad1652 knight of the road1665 rum-padder1665 paddist1671 rum pad1688 pad-thief1690 gentleman (also squire) of the pad1700 snaffler1728 gentleman1778 scamp1782 scampsman1799 bandolero1832 ladrone1832 Spring-heeled Jack1838 road agent1840 agent1876 1617 W. Fennor Compters Common-wealth iv. 27 It is this that makes Newmarket heath, and Royston-dounes about Christmas time so full of high-way men that poore Countrie people cannot passe quietly to their Cottages. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 38 You will iudge how vnfortunately a man will die, either on the water, like a Pyrate, or..on a tree like a High-way man. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 39 'Tis like the Friendship of Pickpockets and Highwaymen, that are said to observe strict Justice among themselves. 1715 New Journey France 68 The Spectacle was very hideous, being above Twenty Highwaymen, that were hung to the Branches of the Trees. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 141 The charms of riot and debauchery make highwaymen and housebreakers. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 237 They raised the hue and cry:—‘Stop thief! stop thief!—a highwayman!’ 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ii. 243 Roads in the neighbourhood of the metropolis were infested by footpads or highwaymen. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn ii. 14 We are highwaymen. We stop stages and carriages on the road, with masks on, and kill people and take their watches and money. 1930 Oxf. Ann. Girls 114/1 The Squire picked up the highwayman's discharged pistol and put it into Miss Hester's uninjured hand. 1984 R. D. McGrath Gunfighters, Highwaymen, & Vigilantes iv. 72 The mules kicked and bolted; one highwayman was kicked into the chaparral. 2007 B. le Vay Eccentric London xxii. 263 Hampstead..was once an isolated hamlet and haunt of highwaymen such as Dick Turpin. b. figurative and in extended use. Cf. highway robbery n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 1652 G. Winstanley Law of Freedom in Platform ii. 26 This Government may well be called the Government of high-way men, who hath stoln the Earth from the younger brethren by force, and holds it from them by force. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 25 We take..Guns and Lances, to resist the Highway-men the Bears. 1700 B. Furly Let. 20 Aug. in Corr. J. Locke (1976) 118 I mean the art of wrangling about words that most what signify nothing; about which the great HighWaymen of the Church, do ram and damn one another. 1816 ‘P. Pindar’ Wks. I. 391 That highwayman call'd Time (Noted for robbing ladies of their prime). a1842 W. Maginn Misc. Writings (1855) I. 51 Where's the philosopher would not feel loss of her? Whose bosom these bright sunny eyes would not thaw? Although I'm a game one, these little highwaymen Have rifled the heart of poor Major M'Craw. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 8 That aerial highwayman the forced landing. 1992 Smithsonian June 75/2 This galaxy is a highwayman, guilty of waylaying comet hunters in their nightly pursuits. 2. A surveyor of highways; a road engineer. rare (U.S. in later use). N.E.D. (1898) notes: ‘In use in north Lincolnshire and elsewhere.’ ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > map-making > surveying > [noun] > surveyor > of roads bematist1875 highwayman1888 1888 E. A. Freeman Let. 25 Apr. in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) II. 379 Ex. officio guardians and highwaymen I count for a mistake. 1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Nov. 858/1 Highwayman..is only an American term for what we would call a road-engineer. Compounds attributive and in the genitive. Designating (the style or shape of) any of various types of long, loose coat or cape resembling or suggestive of the kind traditionally worn by highwaymen in the 17th and 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [adjective] > coat > other full-dressed1752 broad-skirted1809 swallow-tailed1824 shad-bellied1832 square-tailed1837 cut-off1840 cutaway1841 sack1847 raglan1858 swing-back1862 Prince Albert1873 box back1892 highwayman1892 sack-back1892 sport utility1925 teddy bear1925 Redfern1932 sports utility1940 Crombie1951 1892 Funny Folks 12 Nov. 362/3 One of those new highwayman cloaks. 1901 Daily Chron. 9 July 3/5 A long paletot of white silk, made in the ‘highwayman’ shape, with a number of natty little capes. 1911 V. Bell Let. in Sel. Lett. (1993) 108 I've heard from your mother who has been trying to buy him a highwayman's coat, but luckily such things aren't made now. 1960 Guardian 29 July 7/1 A very dashing full length highwayman coat..with a huge cape collar. 1966 Vogue Nov. 88 (caption) Vogue's adventurers wear..highwaymen's coats. 2012 Harper's Bazaar (Nexis) Sept. 165 Givenchy's cavalier jackets, Salvatore Ferragamo's poet blouses and Gucci's highwayman capes all echo his style. Derivatives † highwaymanhood n. Obsolete the fact or condition of being a highwayman.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1861 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem III. clxxviii. 215 Highwaymanhood and foot-padry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1617
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