Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FU'GI-TIVE, n.

1. One who flees from his station or duty; a deserter; one who flees from danger. Bacon. Milton.
2. One who has fled or deserted and taken refuge under another power, or one who has fled from punishment. Dryden.
3. One hard to be caught or detained. Or catch that airy fugitive, called wit. Harte.