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Definition of Highwaymen
1. highwayman [n] - See also: highwayman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highwaymen
Literary usage of Highwaymen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of the Table-talk of Samuel Rogers: To which is Added Porsoniana by Samuel Rogers (1887)
"Thomas Grenville,* while travelling with Lord Derby; and Lord Tankerville, while
travelling with his father; were attacked by highwaymen: on both occasions ..."
2. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"The same Day two highwaymen stop'da Coach, in the middle of the Day, and demanded
their Money, on the same Road, just within the very Houses of Newington ..."
3. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Hannah More Macaulay Trevelyan (1858)
"Whatever might be the way in which a journey highwaymen. w&s performed, the
travellers, unless they were numerous and well armed, ran considerable risk of ..."
4. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"... forte el dure—Hanging in chains—highwaymen—Claude du Val lying in state—Ned
Wicks and Lord Mohun : their swearing match —A highwayman hanged—highwaymen ..."
5. English Prose: Selections by Henry Craik (1907)
"At one time it was announced in the Gazette that several persons, who were strongly
suspected of being highwaymen, but against whom there was not sufficient ..."
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