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runagate

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run·a·gate  (rn-gt)
n.
1. A renegade or deserter.
2. A vagabond.
[Alteration of obsolete renegate, renegade (influenced by run, and agate, on the way), from Middle English, from Medieval Latin renegtus; see renegade.]
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' said Prince John to Hubert, ``an thou suffer that runagate knave to overcome thee, thou art worthy of the gallows
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Having thus given an account of the colony in general, and pretty much of my runagate Englishmen, I must say something of the Spaniards, who were the main body of the family, and in whose story there are some incidents also remarkable enough.
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