- One on the run - One who flees - Runaway - Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping,
from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a
fugitive debtor. - 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. - One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service,
duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. - Something hard to be caught or detained.