Hypertext Webster Gateway: "footpad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pad \Pad\, n. [D. pad. [root]21. See {Path}.]
1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. --Addison
An abbot on an ambling pad. --Tennyson.
3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; --
usually called a {footpad}. --Gay. Byron.
4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Footpad \Foot"pad`\, n.
A highwayman or robber on foot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
footpad
n : a highwayman who robs on foot [syn: {padder}]
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