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Highwayman

A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely considered to be socially superior to footpads. Such criminals operated until the mid- or late 19th century. Highwaywomen, such as Katherine Ferrers, were…

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Literature and popular culture

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Robbers as heroes

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Outside Anglophone countries

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Highwayman

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Sources · 95
Highwayman → America, Ash, ASIN B0000CHVTKSeal, Australia, Bandits, Boydell, Brewer, Brigandage, Brigands, Britain, Bushranger, Cambridge University Press, Cause, Chapman, Charles George, Clarendon Press, Claude Duval, Crime, Crimson Book, Culture
related to Robbers as heroes · 41
Highwayman → By, California Gold Rush, Catholic, Cavalier, Claude Du Vall, Crown, Dick Turpin, Dublin Castle, English, French-born, From, Gentleman Highwayman, In, Indians, Ireland, Irish, Irish Catholic, James Freney, James Hind, James MacLaine
related to Cinema and television · 33
Highwayman → Additionally, Amiability, Amy, Blackadder, British, Carry On Dick, Czech, Dark Lantern, Dennis Moore, Dick Turpin, Episode, Garden Wall, Horrible Histories, In, In Blackadder, John Cleese, Juraj Jánošík, Jánošík, Mathew Baynton, Monty Python
related to India · 20
Highwayman → According, Along, Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, British, Central Travancore, Ezhava, In, Indian, Ithikkara, Ithikkarappkki, Kayamkulam Kochunni, Kochunni, Legends, Maoist Naxalite, More, Poojappura Central Jail, The Indian Subcontinent, These, Thugs, With
related to Literature and popular culture · 18
Highwayman → Alfred Noyes's, Another, Captain Macheath, Dick Turpin, English, Falstaff, In Shakespeare's Henry IV, Jar, John Gay's, Part, Rookwood, The, The Beggar's Opera, The Highwayman, The Wild Colonial Boy, Turpin, Whiskey, Young Morgan
related to External links · 16
Highwayman → Archived, August, Death, FindArticles, Folklore, Highwaymen, Irish Folklore, Jackson's Recantation, Life, Media, Notorious Highwayman, Popular Literature, Primary, The Heroic Outlaw, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Video games · 16
Highwayman → Defias Brotherhood, Defias Highwaymen, Highwaymen, In Bloodborne, In Bushido Blade, In Darkest Dungeon, In Fable II, In Runescape, In World, It, Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls, The Hunter, There, Victorian, Warcraft
related to Comics · 13
Highwayman → De Groot, Geus, Geuzen, Gilles, Hanco Kolk, Peter, Robin Dubois, Robin Hood's, Spanish, The Belgian, The Dutch, Turk, Wit
related to Music · 11
Highwayman → England, Ireland, Irish, Jar, Said, Stand, Stand-oh, The, There, Thin Lizzy, Whiskey
related to Decline · 9
Highwayman → After, Alexis, During, England, French, In England, Maréchaussée, The, Tocqueville

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Highwaymanis aclass of hero who wields a dirk and flintlock to fight0.90text
London were becoming much better policedinstance ofalmost all of which outside the cities were flanked by open country.Cities0.80text
Dick Turpin were the heroes of a number of penny dreadfulsinstance ofhighwaymen0.80text
stories for boys published in serial forminstance ofhighwaymen0.80text
Highwaymanrelated to Cinema and televisionThe Carry On0.60section
Highwaymanrelated to Cinema and televisionCarry On Dick0.60section
Highwaymanrelated to Cinema and televisionMonty Python0.60section
Highwaymanrelated to Cinema and televisionDennis Moore0.60section
Highwaymanrelated to Cinema and televisionEpisode0.60section
Highwaymanrelated to Cinema and televisionMonty Python's Flying Circus0.60section
Highwaymanrelated to Cinema and televisionJohn Cleese0.60section
Highwaymanrelated to Cinema and televisionIn0.60section

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