Noun
(UK, historical) An outlaw, especially one inhabiting the Highlands and border country.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see broken, man.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgGod damn them all! I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold we'd fire no guns -- shed no tears! Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier The last of Barrett's Privateers. Stan Rogers
Poor Knight he really had two periods, the first - a dull man writing broken English, the second - a broken man writing dull English. Vladimir Nabokov
I saw a man down on lonely street A broken man who looked like me And no one knows the pain he's been living He lost his love and still hasn't forgiven himself. Jon Bon Jovi