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Webster 1913 Edition

Runagate

Run′a-gate

,

Noun.

[F.

renégat

, Prov.

renegat

. LL.

renegatus

; confused with E.

run

and

gate

a way. See

.]

A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See

.

Bunyan.

Wretched

runagates

from the jail.

De Quincey.

Who has not been a

runagate

from duty?

Hare.

Webster 1828 Edition

Runagate

RUN'AGATE

,

Noun.

A fugitive; an apostate; a rebel; a vagabond.