Both Uses
fugitive
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
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- The hats O' the fugitives... CARBON: 'Spolia opima!'†
Act 2 *fugitives = people hiding from law enforcement officers
- It happened thus: While caracoling to recall the troops For the third charge, a band of fugitives Bore me with them, close by the hostile ranks: I was in peril—capture, sudden death!†
Act 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(fugitive as in: she is a fugitive) someone who is running away or hiding to avoid arrest or an unpleasant situation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, "fugitive" may describe something that lasts for a very short time; as in "a fugitive impression."