highwayman
noun
(formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
highwaymen
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pluralof highwayman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Kirsty MacLaren, 33, plays Margot, the tour guide whose bus is targeted by the unlikely highwaymen.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
Thieves practicing the Welsh folk tradition of Mari Lwyd encounter two resurrected 19th-century highwaymen.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023
In the 1960s, the highwaymen had plans to drive Interstate 95 straight through D.C.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2021
“From Cockney rhyming slang to codes swapped among highwaymen, they’re tribal badges of identity, bonding mechanisms designed to distinguish the initiated, and to keep strangers out.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2017
This missing almanac business was not nearly as interesting as highwaymen would have been, but at least now it was all settled.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
