runagate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Run"a*gate noun
Etymology
F. renégat, Prov. renegat. LL. renegatus; confused with E. run and gate a way. See Renegate.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913