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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Runagate

· Run·a·gate · IPA
01 n. A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade.
  1. 1.
    A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade. See: Renegade
    “Wretched runagates from the jail.” De Quincey.
    “Who has not been a runagate from duty?” — Hare.