Found 3 items, similar to fugitive.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: fugitive buron, buronan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fugitive fugitive adj : lasting for a markedly brief time; “a fleeting glance”; “fugitive hours”; “rapid momentaneous association of things that meet and pass”; “a momentary glimpse” [syn: fleeting, momentaneous, momentary] fugitive n 1: someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; “fugitives from the sweatshops” [syn: runaway] 2: someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice [syn: fugitive from justice]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fugitive Fugitive \Fu"gi*tive\, n. 1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice. [1913 Webster] 2. Something hard to be caught or detained. [1913 Webster] Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte. [1913 Webster] Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment. [1913 Webster] Fugitive \Fu"gi*tive\, a. [OE. fugitif, F. fugitif, fr. L. fugitivus, fr. fugere to flee. See Bow to bend, and cf. Feverfew.] 1. Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. [1913 Webster] The fugitive Parthians follow. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself while her parents are in tear? --Richardson [1913 Webster] A libellous pamphlet of a fugitive physician. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; -- applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea. [1913 Webster] The me more tender and fugitive parts, the leaves . . . of vegatables. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] Fugitive compositions, Such as are short and occasional, and so published that they quickly escape notice. Syn: Fleeting; unstable; wandering; uncertain; volatile; fugacious; fleeing; evanescent. [1913 Webster]