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highwayman

noun as in robber

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Example Sentences

A beau highwayman and a miserable chimney sweeper were to be hanged together at Newgate for their respective deserts.

Upon my word, I saw her making eyes at your highwayman the night we had him here.

If you must be married, could you introduce no body into our Family but a Highwayman?

A captivating romance of love and chivalry—the adventures of a charming highwayman of the days of the English Pretender.

Receiving no reply, he proceeded to extricate Eleanor, with whose beauty the inflammable highwayman was instantly smitten.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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