From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
footpad
n : a highwayman who robs on foot [syn: padder]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Footpad \Foot"pad`\, n.
A highwayman or robber on foot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
pad \pad\ (p[a^]d), n. [D. pad. [root]21. See Path.]
1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. --Addison
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An abbot on an ambling pad. --Tennyson.
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3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; --
usually called a footpad. --Gay. --Byron.
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4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
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