runner meaning and definition

RUNNER noun

Definition of runner (noun)

1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties
   • synonyms: contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser, smuggler
2. someone who travels on foot by running
3. a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
   • "he sent a runner over with the contract"
4. a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
   • synonyms: base runner
5. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
   • synonyms: offset, stolon
6. a trained athlete who competes in foot races
7. (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
   • synonyms: ball carrier
8. a long narrow carpet
9. device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
10. fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
    • synonyms: blue runner, Caranx crysos