highwayman
/ˈhaɪweɪmən/ · high·way·man
noun
- A robber who attacks and robs travelers on a public road, especially in 17th‑ and 18th‑century England. The highwayman stopped the stagecoach, brandished his pistol, and demanded the passengers’ valuables.
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Did you know? Alfred Noyes' 1906 poem “The Highwayman” popularized the romantic image of the dashing, doomed robber, and the term “highway robbery” now colloquially describes any egregiously overpriced charge.