Noun Definition

runner

1.Definition: (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

Related Noun(s):ball carrier

Category: People

2.Definition: a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)

Related Noun(s):base runner

Category: People

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

Related Noun(s):offset, stolon

Category: Plants

4.Definition: a long narrow carpet

Category: Objects

5.Definition: a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents

"He sent a runner over with the contract"

Category: People

6.Definition: a trained athlete who competes in foot races

Category: People

7.Definition: device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along

Category: Objects

8.Definition: fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil

Category: Animals

9.Definition: someone who imports or exports without paying duties

Related Noun(s):contrabandist, moon curser, smuggler

Category: People

10.Definition: someone who travels on foot by running

Category: People