A runner may be:

• In sport, an athlete engaged in running.
• A messenger, such as a Courier (parallel etymology)
• In modern drug subcultures, a person who delivers drugs to one who is purchasing them, from the drug dealer. A middle man of sorts.
• certain other menial professions, such as operator of a rickshaw
• The word in Hiberno-English for a sneaker (US English) or trainer (British English).
• In botany, a long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets.
• In Marvel Comics, one of the Elders of the Universe is the Runner.
• In interior design, a long and narrow textile, run down the length of a table or hallway.
  (Non-textile runners are also used.)
• In a television or film crew, a Runner is a junior member of the crew, responsible for fetching, carrying and supporting the production team.
• The USS Runner (SS-275)
• The USS Runner (SS-476)
• In transportation, a device (typically one of a pair) under a sled or sleigh for traveling over snow or ice.
• In the restaurant business, a "runner" takes (or runs) the food from the kitchen to the customer.
• A runner, in Australian rules football, is a person sitting on the interchange bench who runs out onto the ground to deliver messages from the coach to players.
• In the novel and film Logan's Run a runner attempts to evade state-imposed euthanasia and reach sanctuary.
• In cricket, a runner can run between the stumps for a batsman who cannot run due to an injury sustained during the match.

See also

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• Escape

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Headed out for a downtown "snow" run. If you see something laying on the ice that resembles a runner...just throw some food, I'll be OK!
goodeggdining (Keith Paul) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:15:16 -0000
Headed out for a downtown "snow" run. If you see something laying on the ice that resembles a runner...just throw some food, I'll be OK!
@woscholar yes, it should be better tomorrow when the ice sheet under the snow is hard and the runner sleds have that ice base!
wfryer (Wesley Fryer) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:25:30 -0000
@woscholar yes, it should be better tomorrow when the ice sheet under the snow is hard and the runner sleds have that ice base!
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