- 1. a. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. Source: opted
- 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. Source: opted
- 4. n. Something hard to be caught or detained. Source: opted
- 5. adj. lasting for a markedly brief time Source: wordnet
- 6. n. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation Source: wordnet
- 7. n. someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice Source: wordnet
- 8. 1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. The fugitive Parthians follow. Shak. Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear Richardson A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. Sir H. Wotton. 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. The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. Woodward. Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice. Syn. -- Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. Harte. Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment. Source: webster
- 9. n:100 n. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation n. someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice Source: ecdict
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