runagate

[ ruhn-uh-geyt ]

/ ˈrʌn əˌgeɪt /

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noun

a fugitive or runaway.

a vagabond or wanderer.

Nearby words

run-on sentence, run-out, run-through, run-up, runabout, runagate, runanga, runaround, runaway, runaway star, runback

Origin of runagate

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

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Examples from the Web for runagate

Runagate is well known to be a corrupt doublet of renegade, one who has "denied" his faith.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley
No runagate serf in medival Europe was more severely dealt with than the Congo native who dared to range afield.
Samba|Herbert Strang
Thou, false heretic and runagate, sayest that thou wilt not obey our General or Provincial Councils.
The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland|John Knox
It suits Verres to pretend to disbelieve this, and to declare that the man is a runagate slave.
Life of Cicero|Anthony Trollope

Such was indeed my intention up to the year 1785, when I found this runagate at Vienna.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

British Dictionary definitions for runagate

runagate

/ (ˈrʌnəˌɡeɪt) /

noun

archaic

a vagabond, fugitive, or renegade
(as modifier)a runagate priest

Word Origin for runagate

C16: variant (influenced by run) of renegade

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