Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Runagate

Runagate , noun

[French renégat, Prov. renegat. Late Latin renegatus; confused with English run and gate a way. See Renegade.]

A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade. — Bunyan
Wretched runagates from the jail. — De Quincey
Who has not been a runagate from duty? — Hare