Definition of fugitive

• a. - Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
• a. - 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.
• n. - One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
• n. - Something hard to be caught or detained.