runner

(noun) someone who imports or exports without paying duties. Synonyms: smuggler, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser.

(noun) someone who travels on foot by running.

(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents. Examples: "He sent a runner over with the contract."

(noun) a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base). Synonyms: base runner.

(noun) a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips. Synonyms: stolon, offset.

(noun) a trained athlete who competes in foot races.

(noun) (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play. Synonyms: ball carrier.

(noun) a long narrow carpet.

(noun) device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along.

(noun) fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil. Synonyms: blue runner, Caranx crysos.