† runagadoadj.n.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Having treacherously changed allegiance; = renegade adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [adjective] > that has cast off allegiance
revolted1578
disaffected1602
runagado1613
disaffect1647
1613 R. Anton Moriomachia sig. E They could not better their apparell, but went like Runegado Baccanalians, bedropt all before with grease and ale.
1628 W. Prynne Vnlouelinesse of Louelockes 40 That which euery Runnagado, Light-footed, or False-handed Irish-boy weares.
1650 R. Withers tr. O. Bon Descr. Grand Signor's Seraglio vii. 102 All the Eunuchs in the Seraglio..are chosen of those Ronegado youths [It. giovanetti rinnegati].
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 407/2 Used in the hand of a Runagado Rogue.
1706 Boston News-let. 5 Aug. 1/1 A Runagado English man running from one of these Trading Sloops.
1759 Monitor No. 191. 359 Her [sc. England's] woollen staple is kicked out of the ports in the Levant seas by the artifice of one of her runagado children.
B. n.
1. An apostate; spec. a Christian who converts to Islam; = renegade n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [noun] > person
apostate1340
postatea1387
relapse1407
pervert1501
reneganta1525
runagate1530
reniant1532
backfaller1545
apostatrice1551
turn-tippet?1556
runaway1561
faller-away1564
reneger?1577
renegado1584
backslider1591
retrospicientc1600
relapser1608
renegade1611
runagado1614
runagade1670
fallaway1673
lapser1695
faller-out1964
1614 W. Davies True Relation Trauailes sig. Biijv He is Circumcised..denying his Christian name, so that euer after he is called a Runagado.
1630 J. Smith True Trav. xxviii. 60 Many an accursed runnagado or Christian turned Turke.
1713 J. Smith 2nd Dialogue Minister Church of Scotl. conc. Abjuration-oath ii. 49 I shou'd rather deserve to be thought a Runagado, and Apostate from Christianity to Mahometism, if I refus'd to Swear.
1755 J. Shebbeare Lydia III. lxxxix. 237 A dignified Informer, a French Refugee, and a Runagado from the Church of England, an excellent Triumvirate of Critics indeed.
2. A person who deserts, betrays, or is disloyal to an organization, country, or set of principles; = renegade n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles > one who
renay1340
apostate1362
renegatec1450
starter1519
reniant1532
changeling1539
rannigala1560
recreant1570
turncoat1570
renegado1573
start-away1574
off-faller?1575
start-back1579
departer1586
reneger1597
retrospicientc1600
runagadea1604
renegade1611
turn-tail1621
runagado1623
trip-coata1625
retrogredient1650
retrograde1651
tergiversator1716
rat1755
ratter1819
tergiversant1833
blackleg1844
strike-breaker1904
faller-out1964
1623 R. Jobson Golden Trade 5 A few poore deiected Portingals and Melatos,..being onely banisht people, and for the most runnagados from their Country.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iv. 143 A few of the Westerly Runnagados had conspired against the..King.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vii. 138 On what score the two English Runagadoes turn'd here, I know not.
1705 Introd. Hist. Kingdoms & States Asia i. iv. 183 By the Laws of Arms they pursued him as a Deserter and Runagado.
1716 Boston News-let. 30 July 2/1 About 40 of the Saylors were turn'd Runagadoes, the rest were in Prison in order to be Sold.
1814 R. Torrens Victim of Intolerance III. i. 39 He renounced for ever all intimacy and intercourse with a wretched papist, the descendant of runnagadoes and of traitors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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