Definition of: runner

(run′ər) noun
1. One who or that which runs; especially, one who runs a race; also, a fugitive or deserter.
2. One who operates or manages anything; especially, the driver of a locomotive.
3. One who runs errands or goes about on any kind of business; a messenger, as for a bank; specifically, one who drums up or solicits patronage or business, as for a hotel.
4. That part on which an object runs or slides: the runner of a skate.
5. Mech. A device to assist sliding motion.
6. A slender fish (Elegatis bipinnulatus) of warm seas with single dorsal and anal pinnules; also, the jurel of the Atlantic coast of America.
7. A cursorial bird; the water rail.
8. Bot. a A slender, procumbent stem disposed to root at the end and nodes, as in strawberry; also, sometimes, the plant itself. b Any of various twining plants: the scarlet runner.
9. A smuggler.
10. A blacksnake.
11. A long, narrow rug or carpeting, used in hallways, etc.
12. A narrow strip of cloth, usually of fine quality, used on tables, dressers, etc.