fugitive

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv/

Etymology: From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus.

Fleeing or running away; escaping.
“I found afterwards that he was the chauffeur, who filled the gaps left by a succession of fugitive butlers.”
Transient, fleeting or ephemeral.
Elusive or difficult to retain.

Etymology: From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus.

A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.
““I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!””

Etymology: From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus.

To render someone a fugitive; to drive into escape or exile.
“Her son Thomas was fugitived in the persecution.”