One who flees or tries to escape from danger, an enemy, justice, or an owner. Cf. A. 1. Occasionally one who intends flight. to declare a person a fug…

A person who runs away; a fugitive; a deserter. Cf. runner-away n. at compounds 2.

One who flees: (a) one who runs away, a fugitive; (b) one who withdraws from or shuns (const. of).

One who runs away; a fugitive; = fleer, n.1 †Also, one who flies or shuns; an avoider of.

A fugitive.

A person who runs away; a fugitive, deserter, or escapee. In later use: esp. a child or teenager who runs away from home. Also figurative.

A deserter; a fugitive, a runaway. Also figurative.

(a) ? A shifty person (cf. fleet, v.1 6). (b) A fugitive, deserter.

sure flight (jocularly): ? one who is able to run away safely. Obsolete.

A person who deserts, betrays, or is disloyal to an organization, country, or set of principles; = renegade, n. 2. Now archaic and rare.

One who forsakes or abandons a person, place, or cause; usually with implied breach of duty or allegiance. Const. of.

In negative sense: a person who is fleeing from justice, deserved punishment, etc.; a runaway, a fugitive. In later use only with from, esp. in refu…

One that flies away. Cf. runaway, n. 1.

a fugitive, a person on the run.