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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • suffix One that expels or drives away.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from New Latin -fugus, driving away, fleeing, from Latin, fleeing (from fugere, to flee) and from Latin fugāre, to drive away (from fuga, flight).]

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