Synonyms for runner

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ruhn-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌn ər

Top 10 synonyms for runner

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Définition of runner

Origin : c.1300, "messenger on foot," agent noun from run (v.). Meaning "one who runs" is early 14c. Meaning "smuggler" first recorded 1721; sense of "police officer" is from 1771. Meaning "rooting stem of a plant" is from 1660s; that of "embroidered cloth for a table" is from 1888.

noun one who runs
noun vine

Example sentences :

But they saw that the sea was for the swimmer, and the sand for the feet of the runner.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

I told you that I knew the Bow Street runner who was in the barouche.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

In the south, too, hoop iron or whalebone is used for runner shoeing.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

The victors sent the runner Pheidippides to bear the news to Athens.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

One eye applied to a crack scanned the runner, who stood there alert.
Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton

I used to think I was some runner, but the Honorable Samuel set me right that day.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

He fled with all his speed, and Jim was no slouch of a runner.
Extract from : « Frontier Boys in Frisco » by Wyn Roosevelt

Now, first of all I'm going to show you how I'd handle you if you were the runner.
Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour

He had not recognized him under the name of Captain Downs when the runner had addressed him.
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

He never would admit that Jimmy Rabbit was much of a runner.
Extract from : « The Tale of Jimmy Rabbit » by Arthur Scott Bailey

Antonyms for runner

receiver

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