runagate

[ ruhn-uh-geyt ]

/ ˈrʌn əˌgeɪt /

a fugitive or runaway.

a vagabond or wanderer.

Origin of runagate

1520–30; run (v.) + obsolete agate away; sense influenced by obsolete renegate (Middle English renegat < Medieval Latin renegātus renegade)

Runagate is well known to be a corrupt doublet of renegade, one who has "denied" his faith.

The Romance of Words (4th ed.) |Ernest Weekley
No runagate serf in medival Europe was more severely dealt with than the Congo native who dared to range afield.

Samba |Herbert Strang
Thou, false heretic and runagate, sayest that thou wilt not obey our General or Provincial Councils.

The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland |John Knox
It suits Verres to pretend to disbelieve this, and to declare that the man is a runagate slave.

Life of Cicero |Anthony Trollope

Such was indeed my intention up to the year 1785, when I found this runagate at Vienna.

The Memoires of Casanova, Complete |Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

runagate

/ (ˈrʌnəˌɡeɪt) /

archaic

C16: variant (influenced by run) of renegade