A robber, a plunderer; a ruffian, a rogue.

A highwayman, a robber.

A highwayman.

†(a) a road, a highway; = pad, n.3 1a; (obsolete rare); (b) a highwayman, esp. one on horseback; = high lawyer n. (opposed to low pad n. at low, adj.…

A person who commits robbery on a public road; a highwayman (historical). Cf. highway robbery, n. 1.

a person who loiters along the road, esp. with the intention of robbing passers-by; cf. market beater n. at market, n. compounds 2.

†(a) a highwayman; (b) a warrior armed with a lance.

a highwayman, esp. one on horseback.

a highwayman, thief.

A highwayman. Obsolete.

A highwayman.

one who robs on land, a highwayman; †also, a literary pirate.

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…

slang. A robber; a highwayman. Cf. sense 1c. Obsolete.

(a) a highwayman or (Australian) bushranger; = gentleman of the road at gentleman, n. phrases 6 (now historical); (b) a commercial traveller; (c) a…

A highwayman; esp. a well-equipped one. Now archaic.

A highwayman; = padder, n.1

A robber, a highwayman. Now historical.

a highwayman.

gentleman (also squire) of the pad: a highwayman. Obsolete.

(See quot. 1728.)

Used euphemistically. A highwayman. Cf. gentleman of the road.

A highway robber. archaic.

A highwayman.

A highwayman or robber. Also attributive.

/ləˈdrəʊn/ Used occasionally in books on Spain or Spanish America for: A highwayman. Also attributive (see quot. 1867).

a legendary figure with an exceptional ability in running and jumping, enabling him to escape from the scene of various robberies and assaults…

†(a) an agent or driver for a stagecoach company (obsolete); (b) a robber who steals from travellers or holds up vehicles on the road (now historical…

A person acting on behalf of another. U.S. A stagecoach robber; = road agent n. at road, n. compounds 6. Now historical.