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