Word Meaning

Meaning of "fugitive" and the crossword clue

- One on the run
- One who flees
- Runaway
- Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
- 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.
- One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
- Something hard to be caught or detained.