Antonyms for runner
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ruhn-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌn ər |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for runner
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