road agent
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See also: road-agent
Alternative forms
Noun
road agent (plural road agents)
- (chiefly US, archaic) A criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 1, in The Silverado Squatters:
- The highway robber—road-agent, he is quaintly called—is still busy in these parts.
- (archaic) A travelling salesman.
Synonyms
- (robber of travelers): highwayman; See also Thesaurus:highwayman
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