Runner
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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.
- The carpeting that runs down the middle of a stairway.
- In climbing, a runner is a short sling made of webbing.
