# fugitive

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfjuːd͡ʒɪtɪv/ · frequency rank #14,125

## Definitions
1. A person who flees or escapes and travels secretly from place to place, and sometimes using disguises and aliases to conceal their identity, as to avoid law authorities in order to avoid an arrest or prosecution, or to avoid some other unwanted situation.

## Etymology
From Middle English fugitive, fugityve, fugityf, fugitife, fugytif, fugitif, from Latin fugitīvus.

## Common misspellings (11)
`ffugitive`, `fguitive`, `fuggitive`, `fugiitve`, `fugitiev`, `fugitivve`, `fugittive`, `fugitvie`, `fugtiive`, `fuigtive`, `ufgitive`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fugitive