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runagate
[ ruhn-uh-geyt ]
noun
- a fugitive or runaway.
- a vagabond or wanderer.
runagate
/ ˈrʌnəˌɡeɪt /
noun
- archaic.
- a vagabond, fugitive, or renegade
- ( as modifier )
a runagate priest
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Origin of runagate1
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Example Sentences
Thou, false heretic and runagate, sayest that thou wilt not obey our General or Provincial Councils.
There came also to them auxiliaries out of Syria, and the country round about; as also many of the runagate Jews.
He then got together an army, as large as he was able, and joined to it the runagate and wicked Jews, and came against Judas.
It mattered nothing that she loved hopelessly a graceless runagate--and knew it well.
Runagate is well known to be a corrupt doublet of renegade, one who has "denied" his faith.
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