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