Runner meaning

noun

1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties

   Synonymssmugglercontrabandistmoon cursermoon-curser

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)

   Synonymsbase runner

5. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

   Synonymsstolonoffset

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

   Synonymsball 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

    Synonymsblue runnerCaranx crysos