1. A fugitive or a runaway; a deserter: Little Timmy wanted to be like the runagate in the story he was reading, and so he fled from his room and hid in the bushes behind the house.

Jack and his friend abandoned their duty in the military and drifted home again as runagates.

2. A person who wanders or drifts about; a vagabond: Tom took his walking stick, put his few belongings into a small bag, and hit the road thinking that he'd like to spend his vacation as a runagate without any special plan as to where he would be going!
3. Etymology or origin: from Latin renegatus, "renounced" from re-, "again" + negare, "deny." © ALL rights are reserved.

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