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† ˈtransfuge Obs. rare.
[a. F. transfuge (14th c. in Godef. Compl.), ad. L. transfuga, f. trans- + fug-ĕre to flee.]
A deserter; a fugitive.
1548Privy Council Acts (1890) II. 186 Certein Frenchemen..demanded by the French King by treaty as transfuges. 1639Sedgwick Milit. Disc. 78 When a Souldier renounceth his colours, and becomes a transfuge, and runnes to the enemies side. [1855Ld. Stanhope Let. to Ticknor 12 May in Misc. Ser. ii. (1872) 18 The protection of deserters and transfuges is the invariable rule of every service in the world.]
So † ˈtransfuger, in same sense; † transˈfugious a., that is a deserter.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxiv. (1623) 1170 Scotland, the then Refuge of Traiterous transfugers. Ibid. 1181 That transfugious Champion. |