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(1):

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

(2):

(a.) 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):

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

(4):

(n.) Something hard to be caught or detained.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Fugitive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/fugitive.html. 1828.
 
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