A highwayman or bandit, especially along stagecoach routes in the western US.
Example sentencesExamples
Of course, they back away in a heartbeat when the stronger road agents ride into town, or when they are challenged by someone they know to be better or smarter.
His August 13 letter disappeared in transit, a not uncommon occurrence since road agents still plagued the stage routes and Indian hostilities continued on the plains.
This was home to the sheriff who, with his gang of road agents, robbed and murdered miners for their gold before town vigilantes strung him up on January 10, 1864.
There were skirmishes with Indians, and masked brigands, the so-called road agents, held up stagecoaches and sometimes murdered the occupants.
Definition of road agent in US English:
road agent
noun
historical
A highwayman or bandit, especially along stagecoach routes in the western US.
Example sentencesExamples
His August 13 letter disappeared in transit, a not uncommon occurrence since road agents still plagued the stage routes and Indian hostilities continued on the plains.
Of course, they back away in a heartbeat when the stronger road agents ride into town, or when they are challenged by someone they know to be better or smarter.
This was home to the sheriff who, with his gang of road agents, robbed and murdered miners for their gold before town vigilantes strung him up on January 10, 1864.
There were skirmishes with Indians, and masked brigands, the so-called road agents, held up stagecoaches and sometimes murdered the occupants.