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Highwayman vs Miscreant - What's the difference?

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Highwayman is a related term of miscreant.


As nouns the difference between highwayman and miscreant

is that highwayman is (historical) a person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads while miscreant is one who has behaved badly, or illegally.

As an adjective miscreant is

lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.

highwayman

English

(wikipedia highwayman)

Noun

(highwaymen)
  • (historical) A person usually mounted on horseback who robbed travelers on public roads.
  • * 1906 , (Alfred Noyes), “”:
    • The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
  • * 1977 , (Jimmy Webb), “”:
    • 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

    * highway robbery

    miscreant

    English

    Alternative forms

    * miscreaunt (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
  • (theology) Holding an incorrect religious belief.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
    • The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.
  • One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
    • (Addison)
  • (theology) One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
    • (Spenser)
    (De Quincey)
  • * Rivers
    • Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants , but to constrain them to obey our Lord God.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "miscreant")

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also