\Run"a*gate\, n. [F. ren['e]gat, Prov. renegat. LL.
renegatus; confused with E. 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.