English

highwaywoman

From highway + woman.

A compound of highway + woman

Old English hēahweġ ‘main road’

Middle English heiȝwai

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun The female equivalent of a highwayman.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / highwaywoman