runner

/ɹˈʌnɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

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

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