Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Runagate \Run"a*gate\, n. [F. ren['e]gat, Prov. renegat. LL.
   renegatus; confused with E. run and gate a way. See
   {Renegade}.]
   A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See
   {Renegade}. --Bunyan.

         Wretched runagates from the jail.        --De Quincey.

         Who has not been a runagate from duty?   --Hare.