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runagates

runagates is the plural of runagate.

Meaning of runagate

Noun

runagate (plural runagates)

  1. A deserter, renegade or apostate.
    • And being in this doubt the Runagate came to us, asking upon what we ſtaid, for it was now high time to be going away, and all, his Moors were careleſs, and the greater number of them aſleep.1733, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Mr Shelton, Mr Blunt, transl., The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha, volume 2, page 152
  2. A fugitive; a runaway.
    • If there were real reason for apprehension he would follow the runagate to the Continent, but he would not do this without absolute knowledge.1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage

Questions about runagates

What is runagates the plural of?
Runagates is the plural of runagate.

Words near runagates in the dictionary

  1. run-walks
  2. runable
  3. runabout
  4. runabouts
  5. runagate
  6. runagates
  7. runahead
  8. runaholic
  9. runaholics
  10. Runan
  11. runanga

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