Category:Runagate

Run"a*gate, n. Etym: [f. renégat, prov. renegat. Ll. renegatus; Confused with e. run and gate a way. See renegate.]

Defn: a fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See renegade. Bunyan. Wretched runagates from the jail. De quincey. Who has not been a runagate from duty hare.