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runagate

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run⋅a⋅gate

  [ruhn-uh-geyt]
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–noun
1. a fugitive or runaway.
2. a vagabond or wanderer.
Origin:
1520–30; run (v.) + obs. agate away; sense influenced by obs. renegate (ME renegat < ML renegātus renegade )
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run·a·gate   (rŭn'ə-gāt')   
n.  

  1. A renegade or deserter.

  2. A vagabond.


[Alteration of obsolete renegate, renegade (influenced by run and agate, on the way), from Middle English, from Medieval Latin renegātus; see renegade.]
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