Footpad

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Footpad \Foot"pad`\, n.
     A highwayman or robber on foot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  pad \pad\ (p[a^]d), n. [D. pad. [root]21. See {Path}.]
     1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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     2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. --Addison
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              An abbot on an ambling pad.           --Tennyson.
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     3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; --
        usually called a {footpad}. --Gay. --Byron.
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     4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  footpad
       n : a highwayman who robs on foot [syn: {padder}]