FUGITIVE
\fjˈuːd͡ʒɪtˌɪv], \fjˈuːdʒɪtˌɪv], \f_j_ˈuː_dʒ_ɪ_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of FUGITIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
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One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
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Something hard to be caught or detained.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
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One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
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Something hard to be caught or detained.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Unstable; fleeting; as, a fugitive idea; not permanent; fleeing from danger, pursuit, or duty; as, a fugitive slave.
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One who thus flees; a runaway or deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. One who flees from his station or duty; a deserter; one who flees from danger or from punishment.
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Not tenable; unsteady; volatile, apt to fly away; flying, running from danger; flying from duty, falling off; wandering, vagabond.
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One who runs from his station or duty; one who takes shelter under another power from punishment.
By Thomas Sheridan
