Definition of "waylayer" [way•lay•er]

• A person who waylays someone (noun)

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• ""My father would have turned any waylayer into a toad," she said defiantly."
• "Nay, but a woodman, an outlaw, a waylayer; so say our men, that he fell on them with the cry: A-Tofts!"
• "Also, he clutched his pungent prize greedily, and, with a show of spirit, faced his grim waylayer."