meaning of fugitive
1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc. , escaping, from service, duty etc. ; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
2. 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.
3. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc. ; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
4. Something hard to be caught or detained.
Related Words
fugitive | fugitively | fugitiveness |
