'Footpad' definitions:

Definition of 'footpad'

From: WordNet
noun
A highwayman who robs on foot [syn: footpad, padder]

Definition of 'Footpad'

From: GCIDE
  • Footpad \Foot"pad`\, n. A highwayman or robber on foot. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'footpad'

From: GCIDE
  • pad \pad\ (p[a^]d), n. [D. pad. [root]21. 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]