[f. ESCAPE v. + -EE.] One who has escaped; esp. an escaped convict from a penal settlement.

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1850.  Daily Delta (New Orleans), 16 Nov., 3/1. A most golden and lucrative look in the eyes of the verdant Carolina escapee.

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1875–6.  W. Whitman, Mem. War, 40. Southern Escapees.

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1880.  The Argus (Melbourne), 22 July, 5/6. The ten New Caledonia escapees … have been sent to Darlinghurst Gaol.

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1884.  Manch. Guardian, 9 Sept., 5/5. Some of the worst crimes have been committed in the colonies by escapees.

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