road agent

American  

noun

1. (formerly) a highwayman, especially along stagecoach routes in the western U.S.

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road agent British  

noun

1. (formerly) a bandit who robbed stagecoaches; highwayman

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Etymology

Origin of road agent

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Paul Manson, the road agent in Wentworth, said he had already been plowing for about six hours Saturday when he encountered Greeson standing in the middle of the road around 8 a.m.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2023

I didn't think when I proposed you for sheriff," he remarked earnestly, "that I was proposing a road agent too.

From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson

To this heterogeneous mass was added the gambler, the bandit, the road agent, the dive keeper, and other undesirable citizens.

From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska

Why had he not seen at once that it was Johnson who was the road agent!

From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David

And hence not a tale of the outlaw's doings was complete without the narrator insisting upon it that the leader of the band—the road agent himself—closely resembled an American.

From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David