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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
footpad
    n 1: a highwayman who robs on foot [syn: footpad, padder]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Footpad \Foot"pad`\, n.
   A highwayman or robber on foot.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pad \pad\ (p[a^]d), n. [D. pad. [root]21. See Path.]
   1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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   2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. --Addison
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            An abbot on an ambling pad.           --Tennyson.
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   3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; --
      usually called a footpad. --Gay. --Byron.
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   4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
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