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# highwayman

noun (a highwayman, highwaymen)

«highwayman» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In the old days, a robber on horseback who stopped travellers on the road and took their money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/#m1)

### In the lessons

Found in history lessons, old stories, poems and plays: highwaymen shouted «Stand and deliver!» and robbed coaches. In stories the word tells the reader the setting is long ago, with horses and coaches. It is a story word, not used for modern robbers.

### Examples

- The highwayman stopped the coach on the dark road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/#x1)
- «Stand and deliver!» cried the highwayman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/#x2)
- The poem tells of a highwayman and the landlord's daughter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/#x3)
- Travellers were afraid of highwaymen on the lonely heath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/#x4)
- The highwayman wore a mask and a three-cornered hat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/#x5)
- In the play, I was the highwayman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/#x6)
- Some highwaymen became famous in songs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/#x7)

### Note

Plural: highwaymen. Compound of highway + man. Only for the past; today we say robber, mugger or thief. Not a woman's word, though stories sometimes have a «highwaywoman».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «highwayman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«highwayman» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/highwayman.html) on Mova free.