different between fugitive vs highwayman

English

Etymology

From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugit?vus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju?d???t?v/
• Hyphenation: fu?gi?tive

Noun

fugitive (plural fugitives)

1. A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal his/her identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution; or to avoid some other unwanted situation.

   • “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, […] the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”

Synonyms

• abscotchalater (archaic)
• nomad
• wanderer
• runaway

Translations

Adjective

fugitive (comparative more fugitive, superlative most fugitive)

1. Fleeing or running away; escaping.
2. Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
3. Elusive or difficult to retain.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.?i.tiv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: fugitives

Noun

fugitive f (plural fugitives, masculine fugitif)

1. female equivalent of fugitif; a female fugitive

Further reading

• “fugitive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Adjective

fugit?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of fugit?vus

English

Etymology

From highway +? man.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?ha??we?m?n/

Noun

highwayman (plural highwaymen)

1. (historical) A person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads.
   • 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:

     The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

   • 1977, Jimmy Webb, Highwayman:

     I was a highwayman / Across the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side.

Synonyms

• (person who robbed travelers): See also Thesaurus:highwayman

Translations

See also

• highway robbery
• stand and deliver