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| 1. | [ noun ] (law,criminal law) someone who imports or exports without paying duties | |
| Synonyms: | smuggler mooncurser moon-curser moon_curser contrabandist | |
| Related terms: | criminal gunrunner rumrunner coyote smuggle | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (baseball,sport,games) a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) | |
| Synonyms: | base_runner | |
| Related terms: | ballplayer baseball | |
| 3. | [ noun ] someone who travels on foot by running | |
| Related terms: | traveler jogger run | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents | |
| Examples: | "he sent a runner over with the contract" |
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| Related terms: | messenger | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (botany) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips | |
| Synonyms: | offset stolon | |
| Related terms: | plant_organ | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 13169 | |
| 7. | [ noun ] device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along | |
| Related terms: | device blade ski sled | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a long narrow carpet | |
| Related terms: | rug | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (sport) a trained athlete who competes in foot races | |
| Related terms: | athlete sprinter marathoner miler race | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (zoology) fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil | |
| Synonyms: | Caranx_crysos blue_runner | |
| Related terms: | jack | |
| Similar spelling: |
ruiner rummer Rumery Renner rumor |
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