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runagate definition

run·agate (-ə gāt′)

noun

  1. a runaway; fugitive or deserter
  2. a person who drifts or wanders about; vagabond

Etymology: altered (< run + obs. agate, on the way) < ME renegat, apostate, villain < OFr < ML renegatus: see renegade

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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