highwaywoman
Mounted road robber
A highwaywoman is a female robber who holds up travelers on public roads.
The term is the feminine counterpart to highwayman, evoking the romanticized mounted bandits of 17th- and 18th-century England.
Historical examples were rare, but the word persists in fiction and folklore: The highwaywoman demanded their jewels at gunpoint.
Armed roadside thief
- brigandArmed robber, often rural
- outlawFugitive from justice
- robberOne who steals by force
- thiefOne who steals
fugitive · desperado · rogue · felon · lawbreaker · marauder · freebooter · road-agent
bandit
Armed roadside thief
thief · fugitive · desperado · rogue · felon · lawbreaker · marauder · freebooter · road-agent · footpad
holdup
Theft by threat
ambush · masked · pistol · demand · valuables · traveler · stagecoach · carriage · plunder · loot
legendary
Famous beyond ordinary measure
- romanticizedMade more appealing than reality
- balladNarrative poem or song
- taleSpoken or written narrative
myth · heroine · daring · notorious · infamous · celebrated · fearless · bold · cunning · disguise
highwaywomansheriff
County's chief officer
constable · lawman · marshal · thief-taker · bounty hunter
highway, highwayman, woman, women, womanhood, womanly, high, higher, highest