Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who waylays; one who lies in wait for another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who waylays another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who
waylays someone
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Examples
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"My father would have turned any waylayer into a toad," she said defiantly.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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"My father would have turned any waylayer into a toad," she said defiantly.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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Nay, but a woodman, an outlaw, a waylayer; so say our men, that he fell on them with the cry: A-Tofts!
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Also, he clutched his pungent prize greedily, and, with a show of spirit, faced his grim waylayer.
Options O. Henry 1886
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Nay, but a woodman, an outlaw, a waylayer; so say our men, that he fell on them with the cry:
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair William Morris 1865
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Instead of defending her who should be dear to you as a child of this household, you joined the rascally scorners of morality and law as the accomplice of this waylayer in purple! "
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Instead of defending her who should be dear to you as a child of this household, you joined the rascally scorners of morality and law as the accomplice of this waylayer in purple! "
Cleopatra — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Instead of defending her who should be dear to you as a child of this household, you joined the rascally scorners of morality and law as the accomplice of this waylayer in purple! "
Cleopatra — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Instead of defending her who should be dear to you as a child of this household, you joined the rascally scorners of morality and law as the accomplice of this waylayer in purple! "
Cleopatra — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Instead of defending her who should be dear to you as a child of this household, you joined the rascally scorners of morality and law as the accomplice of this waylayer in purple! "
Cleopatra — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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