dick turpin

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   English highwayman (1706-1739)

   SynonymsTurpin

   Broaderhighjacker

Questions about dick turpin

What does dick turpin mean?

dick turpin means "English highwayman (1706-1739)".

What is another word for dick turpin?

Close synonyms include Turpin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dick turpin a common word?

dick turpin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.