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Noun runner has 9 senses

smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser - someone who imports or exports without paying duties
--₁ is a kind of criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor
--₁ has particulars: coyote; gunrunner, arms-runner; rumrunner
runner - someone who travels on foot by running
--₂ is a kind of traveler, traveller
--₂ has particulars: jogger
Derived form: verb run₁
runner - a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract"
--₃ is a kind of messenger, courier
base runner, runner - a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
--₄ is a kind of ballplayer, baseball player
stolon, runner, offset - a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
--₅ is a kind of plant organ
runner - a trained athlete who competes in foot races
--₆ is a kind of athlete, jock
--₆ has particulars:
marathoner, marathon runner, road runner, long-distance runner; miler; sprinter

Derived form: verb run₃₇
runner - a long narrow carpet
--₇ is a kind of rug, carpet, carpeting
runner - device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
--₈ is a kind of device
--₈ is a part of sled, sledge, sleigh
--₈ has particulars: blade; ski, skis
runner, blue runner, Caranx crysos - fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
--₉ is a kind of jack