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# highwayman

«highwayman» in Mova's school dictionary: **In the old days, a robber on horseback who stopped…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a highwayman, highwaymen)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «highwayman» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highwayman/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.