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runagate

Meaningrenegade

Common meaning: runaway or wanderer, in archaic use

Journey through time

  1. Frenchrenegatsource
  2. Middle Englishrenegat‘an apostate, villain’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsan apostate, villain → runaway or wanderer, in archaic userunagate‘runaway or wanderer, in archaic use’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on French renegat ‘renegade’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), entry RUNAGATE, p. 457 · dictionary scan

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