Definitions of fugitive

1. someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

2. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.

3. Something hard to be caught or detained.

4. One who thus flees; a runaway or deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.

5. FUGITIVENESS.

6. One who flees or has fied.

7. One who flees from his station, duty, or danger; one who has taken refuge from punishment under another power; one not easily caught. Fugitive compositions, such as are short and occasional, written in haste or at intervals, and considered to be fleeting and temporary.

8. A runaway; a deserter.

9. FUGITIVELY.

10. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.

11. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; - applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea.

12. Unstable; fleeting; as, a fugitive idea; not permanent; fleeing from danger, pursuit, or duty; as, a fugitive slave.

13. Apt to flee away: uncertain; volatile: perishable: temporary.

14. Fleeing; fleeting; transitory.

15. Volatile; apt to flee away; readily escaping or disappearing; fleeting; not fixed or durable; fleeing from danger, pursuit, or duty; wandering; vagabond.

16. Apt to flee away; flying; volatile; escaping readily.