noun something hard to be caught or detained.
2. fugitive ·noun one who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, ·etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
3. fugitive ·adj fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, ·etc., escaping, from service, duty ·etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
4. fugitive ·adj 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.