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