HIGHWAYMAN
ADJECTIVES
M18. ► ON THE SCAMP working as a highwayman → sl.
NOUNS
1865 ► PAD-CLINKING hobnobbing with footpads → UK criminals’ sl.
NOUNS, PERSON (also see ROBBER)
1460 ► MALANDRYN a highwayman; a robber → obs.
1495 ► HERMIT a quasi-religious mendicant; a vagabond; in Gypsy language, a highwayman
1538 ► SNAPHANCE an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow → obs.
1569 ► CUTTER one who is over-ready to resort to weapons; a bully, a bravo; also, a cutthroat, a highway-robber → obs.
1577 ► HIGHWAY ROBBER a person who commits robbery on a public road; a highwayman
1590 ► LANCE-KNIGHT a highwayman → cant
1590 ► LANCEMAN-PRIGGER a highwayman → cant
1590 ► RANK-RIDER a rapid, headlong, or reckless rider; a moss-trooper, a highwayman → obs.
1591 ► HIGH LAWYER a highwayman, esp. one on horseback → sl. hist.
1591 ► OAK the highwayman in a gang who keeps watch → criminals’ sl. obs.
1592 ► LANCE-MAN a highwayman → obs.
1595 ► SAINT NICHOLAS’S CLERK → ST. NICHOLAS’S CLERK a highwayman → sl.
1598 ► SAINT NICHOLAS CLERGYMAN → ST. NICHOLAS’S CLERGYMAN a highwayman → sl.
1600 ► BIDSTAND ‘one who bids travellers stand and deliver’; a highwayman → obs.
1600 ► HIGHWAY STANDER a highwayman → obs.
1609 ► LAND-PIRATE one who robs on land; a highwayman
1610 ► PADDER one who robs on foot; a footpad; a highwayman; a robber
1617 ► HIGHWAYMAN 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’
1632 ► MOONMAN a person, esp. a criminal, who works at night; a robber, thief or highwayman who follows his vocation chiefly by moonlight → obs.
1638 ► HIGHWAY ROGUE a highwayman or highway robber
M17. ► RUM PADDER one of the better sort of highwaymen, well mounted and armed → cant
1652 ► PAD an armed robber; a highwayman; one who robs on foot → UK criminals’ sl. obs.
1653 ► HIGH PAD a highwayman, esp. one on horseback → criminals’ sl. obs.
1659 ► HACK a thief or highwayman → criminals’ sl.
1661 ► HIGH-WAY PAD a highwayman, esp. one on horseback → criminals’ sl. obs.
1671 ► PADDIST a ‘padder’; a professional highwayman → Sc. obs.
1690 ► PAD-THIEF a footpad; a highwayman on foot → obs.
L17.. ► RUM PAD a daring highwayman → cant
E18.. ► KNIGHT OF THE PAD a highwayman → sl.
1700 ► SQUIRE OF THE PAD a highwayman → sl.
1706 ► GENTLEMAN OF THE PAD a highwayman → sl.
1708 ► BANDITTO an outlawed person in Italy turned robber; a highwayman (Bk.)
1709 ► GENTLEMAN-OUTER a highwayman → UK sl.
1714 ► SAINT PETER’S CHILDREN English highwaymen → Brit. criminals’ sl. obs.
1734 ► HIGHWAYWOMAN a woman who holds up travellers on a highway at gunpoint in order to rob them; a female highwayman
1740 ► GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD a highwayman → sl.
1753 ► SCAMP a robber who earns his living by robbing on the highway, usually a highwayman → Brit. criminals’ sl.
1786 ► GENTLEMAN OF THE SCAMP a highwayman; a thief → UK sl.
1790 ► HIGH SPICER a highwayman → criminals’ sl. obs.
1790 ► HIGH-TOBER an elite highwayman → UK criminals’ sl.
1790 ► SCAMPMAN an English highwayman → Brit. criminals’ sl.
1791 ► SCAMPING BLADE a highwayman → sl.
1796 ► GENTLEMAN’S MASTER a highwayman → UK sl.
1797 ► HIGH TOBER GLOAK a well-dressed highwayman who rides a horse → criminals’ sl. obs.
1799 ► SCAMPSMAN an English highwayman → sl. obs.
1800 ► RAMP-RIDER a rank rider, a highwayman → Sc.
19C.. ► NEWMARKET HEATH COMMISSIONER a highwayman → sl.
1811 ► HIGH TOBYMAN a highwayman → thieves’ sl.
1812 ► HIGH-TOBY GLOAK → HIGH-TOBY GLOQUE a well-dressed highwayman who rides a horse → criminals’ sl. obs.
1812 ► TOBY-GILL a highwayman → thieves’ sl.
1812 ► TOBYMAN a highwayman → thieves’ sl.
1821 ► HIGH GLOAK a well-dressed highwayman → UK criminals’ sl.
1823 ► HIGH TOBY a highwayman → criminals’ sl. obs.
1830 ► SCAMP-CULL a practitioner of highway robbery → Brit. criminals’ sl. obs.
1830 ► TAX-COLLECTOR a highwayman → UK sl.
1832 ► BANDOLERO a highwayman or robber
1832 ► LADRONE a highwayman, pirate, robber, thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America)
1842 ► HIGH-PADSMAN a highwayman → UK criminals’ sl.
1847 ► PAD-FOOT a footpad, a highwayman → Eng. dial.
1879 ► HIGH TOBY COVE a highwayman → UK sl.
1883 ► ROAD-AGENT a highwayman → sl.
1891 ► CAPTAIN CRANK the chief of a gang of highwaymen → sl. (Bk.)
1902 ► KNIGHT OF SAINT NICHOLAS a highwayman → sl. (Bk.)
1903 ► RENT-COLLECTOR a highwayman; spec., one whose fancy was for money only → cant (Bk.)
1907 ► MOON’S MAN a person, esp. a criminal, who works at night; a thief or highwayman → obs.
1922 ► JACK SHEPPARD a highwayman (Bk.)
VERBS
M18. ► SCAMP to work as a highwayman → UK criminals’ sl.
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