Runner (Noun)
Meaning 1
A trained athlete who competes in foot races.
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
Device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Meaning 4
A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base).
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Meaning 5
Fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil.
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Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 6
Someone who imports or exports without paying duties.
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Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The customs agent had been tracking the notorious runner for months, but the smuggler always managed to stay one step ahead.
- As a runner, he made a good living bringing in contraband goods from neighboring countries.
- The company hired a new logistics manager, but rumors swirled that he was a former runner with a shady past.
- After years of evading detection, the runner was finally caught by authorities with a shipment of counterfeit electronics.
- The port city was known to be a hub for runners, who took advantage of lax security to smuggle goods in and out of the country.
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Meaning 7
Someone who travels on foot by running.
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 8
A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract".
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Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 9
A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips.
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Nouns denoting plants.
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Meaning 10
(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play.
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Nouns denoting people.