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runner

run·ner

UK/ˈɹʌnə/ US/ˈɹʌnɚ/ fairly common slang us

noun

1.

someone who imports or exports without paying duties

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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)

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5.

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

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6.

a trained athlete who competes in foot races

7.
8.

device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along

9.

Origin

From Middle English rennere, rynner, urnare, equivalent to run + -er. Cognate with Old Norse rennari (“runner; messenger”). Displaced earlier Middle English runel (“runner”), from Old English rynel (“runner”; also “messenger, courier”). ((botany) a long stolon sent by a plant): Compare typologically Russian побе́г (pobég) (akin to бежа́ть (bežátʹ)).

Phrases

  • base runner
  • bed runner
  • blockade runner
  • blue runner
  • bull runner
  • circle runner
  • designated runner
  • do a runner

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