WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
run•a•gate
(run′ə gāt′),USA pronunciation n.
- a fugitive or runaway.
- a vagabond or wanderer.
- Medieval Latin renegātus renegade)
- 1520–30; run (verb, verbal) + obsolete agate away; sense influenced by obsolete renegate (Middle English renegat