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单词 runagate
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Definition of runagate in English:

runagate

noun ˈrʌnəɡeɪt
archaic
  • A person who has run away; a deserter.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Floyd is not only a thief, but a runagate - light-footed as well as light-fingered.
    • He is a runagate, and worse than a rogue.
    • I found this runagate at Vienna.
    • The runagate demanded of her in her own language, whether her father were in the garden, or no.
    • We are bought and sold like apes or monkeys, to be the sport of women, fools, and cowards; and the support of rogues and runagates.
    Synonyms
    fugitive, escaper, escapee

Origin

Mid 16th century: variant of dialect renegate, from medieval Latin renegatus 'renounced': see renegade.

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