runagate

[ ruhn-uh-geyt ]
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noun
  1. a fugitive or runaway.

  2. a vagabond or wanderer.

Origin of runagate

1
1520–30; run (v.) + obsolete agate away; sense influenced by obsolete renegate (Middle English renegat<Medieval Latin renegātusrenegade)

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British Dictionary definitions for runagate

runagate

/ (ˈrʌnəˌɡeɪt) /


noun
  1. archaic

    • a vagabond, fugitive, or renegade

    • (as modifier): a runagate priest

Origin of runagate

1
C16: variant (influenced by run) of renegade

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