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.

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  • noun a person who waylays someone

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Examples

  • "My father would have turned any waylayer into a toad," she said defiantly.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • "My father would have turned any waylayer into a toad," she said defiantly.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • Nay, but a woodman, an outlaw, a waylayer; so say our men, that he fell on them with the cry: A-Tofts!

    Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair 1895

  • Also, he clutched his pungent prize greedily, and, with a show of spirit, faced his grim waylayer.

    Options O. Henry 1886

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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