road agent

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noun

(formerly) a highwayman, especially along stagecoach routes in the western U.S.

Origin of road agent

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby road agent

roach back, roach clip, roached, road, roadability, road agent, road allowance, road apple, roadbed, roadblock, road book

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Example sentences from the Web for road agent

Leaning over she took the weapons of the road-agent from his belt, and told him to move on ahead.
Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1.|Prentiss Ingraham
It has no past; no gentleman of the road ever robbed its passengers; no road-agent nowadays would think of ‘holding it up.’
Vistas of New York|Brander Matthews
She was riding away with a freebooter, a road-agent, to be held for ransom.
The Border Legion|Zane Grey
I had taken for granted that we were hunting suspects of the road-agent persuasion.
The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories|Mary Hallock Foote

If you're right this road-agent, after he killed his pals, would hev rid back right through town.
The Lone Star Ranger|Zane Grey

British Dictionary definitions for road agent

road agent

noun

US (formerly) a bandit who robbed stagecoaches; highwayman

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单词	road agent
释义	road agent SEE SYNONYMS FOR road agent ON THESAURUS.COM noun (formerly) a highwayman, especially along stagecoach routes in the western U.S. Origin of road agent First recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby road agent roach back, roach clip, roached, road, roadability, road agent, road allowance, road apple, roadbed, roadblock, road book Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for road agent Leaning over she took the weapons of the road-agent from his belt, and told him to move on ahead. Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1.\|Prentiss Ingraham It has no past; no gentleman of the road ever robbed its passengers; no road-agent nowadays would think of ‘holding it up.’ Vistas of New York\|Brander Matthews She was riding away with a freebooter, a road-agent, to be held for ransom. The Border Legion\|Zane Grey I had taken for granted that we were hunting suspects of the road-agent persuasion. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories\|Mary Hallock Foote If you're right this road-agent, after he killed his pals, would hev rid back right through town. The Lone Star Ranger\|Zane Grey British Dictionary definitions for road agent road agent noun US (formerly) a bandit who robbed stagecoaches; highwayman Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to road agent highwayman, robber, footpad, holdup man
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road agent

noun

Origin of road agent

Words nearby road agent

Example sentences from the Web for road agent

British Dictionary definitions for road agent

noun

Words related to road agent