meaning of fugitives

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.


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