Definition of runner. Meaning of runner. Synonyms of runner

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Definition of runner

Runner
Runner Run"ner, n. [From Run.] 1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer. 2. A detective. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens. 3. A messenger. --Swift. 4. A smuggler. [Colloq.] --R. North. 5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.] 6. (Bot.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil. 7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones. 8. (Naut.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle. --Totten.
runner
Scratch player Scratch player, runner unner, etc. One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability.

Meaning of runner from wikipedia

- upright on two legs. Early humans most likely developed into endurance runners from the practice of persistence hunting of animals, the activity of following...
- Runner Runner is a 2013 American crime thriller film directed by Brad Furman, written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien and starring Justin Timberlake...
- Lovely Runner (Korean: 선재 업고 튀어) is an ongoing South Korean television series starring Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon. It is based on a web novel titled...
- Blade Runner is a 1982 science fiction film, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger...
- The Maze Runner is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction film directed by Wes Ball, in his feature directorial debut, based on James Dashner's 2009...
- Blade Runner 2049 is a 2017 American epic neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green...
- Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons, first appearing...
- The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young...
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (stylized onscreen simply as The Scorch Trials) is a 2015 American dystopian science fiction film based on James Dashner's...
- Subordinate awards are "second prize", "third prize", etc., or "first runner-up" and "second runner-up", etc., or "silver medal" and "bronze medal". (In some contests...