road agent

noun — 2 senses

road agent

noun

1

US, Archaic A 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:

2

Archaic A travelling salesman.

Synonyms: highwayman

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