road agent

noun

A criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.

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Meanings

nounroad agent (plural road agents)

plural road agents · alternative road-agent

  1. USarchaicA criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.

    The highway robber—road-agent, he is quaintly called—is still busy in these parts.

    1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 1, in The Silverado Squatters

    Synonyms: highwayman

  2. archaicA travelling salesman.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.

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highwayman

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone stops a vehicle and steals from it

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thiefstealer
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highwaymanhijacker

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

road agent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/road%20agent

MLA

“road agent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/road%20agent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “road agent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/road%20agent.

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