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Definition of road agent in US English: road agentnoun historical A highwayman or bandit, especially along stagecoach routes in the western US. Example sentencesExamples - Of course, they back away in a heartbeat when the stronger road agents ride into town, or when they are challenged by someone they know to be better or smarter.
- His August 13 letter disappeared in transit, a not uncommon occurrence since road agents still plagued the stage routes and Indian hostilities continued on the plains.
- This was home to the sheriff who, with his gang of road agents, robbed and murdered miners for their gold before town vigilantes strung him up on January 10, 1864.
- There were skirmishes with Indians, and masked brigands, the so-called road agents, held up stagecoaches and sometimes murdered the occupants.
Definition of road agent in US English: road agentnoun historical A highwayman or bandit, especially along stagecoach routes in the western US. Example sentencesExamples - His August 13 letter disappeared in transit, a not uncommon occurrence since road agents still plagued the stage routes and Indian hostilities continued on the plains.
- Of course, they back away in a heartbeat when the stronger road agents ride into town, or when they are challenged by someone they know to be better or smarter.
- This was home to the sheriff who, with his gang of road agents, robbed and murdered miners for their gold before town vigilantes strung him up on January 10, 1864.
- There were skirmishes with Indians, and masked brigands, the so-called road agents, held up stagecoaches and sometimes murdered the occupants.
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