[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

footpad \foot"pad`\, n.
   a highwayman or robber on foot.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pad \pad\ pa^d, n. d. pad. root21. see path.
   1. a footpath; a road. obs. or prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   2. an easy-paced horse; a padnag. --addison
      1913 webster

            an abbot on an ambling pad.           --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   3. a robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; --
      usually called a footpad. --gay. --byron.
      1913 webster

   4. the act of robbing on the highway. obs.
      1913 webster
see also:
path footpad 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

footpad
     n : a highwayman who robs on foot syn: padder
see also:
padder 

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