runner

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  1. noun Sports One who competes in a race.
  2. noun Baseball One who runs the bases.
  3. noun Football One who carries the ball.
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  • Maybe it was because the runner was the same age as Avi and a Gaiist as well. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • It looks like our runner is about to stop Ryder's heart skipped a beat as he looked down at the screen. —  Sharon Sala - Ryder's Wife
  • This puts the fumbling team at a disadvantage, having to use an instant replay appeal on a play where the officials 'best judgment may have been that the runner was already down.
  • If the runner is advancing to a base he must aquire that base before the base is touched with by a player on a force play.
  • Sharif won easily with 293 votes after the other front-runner, the prime minister, withdrew. —  Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News
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  1. from Middle English runnere, rennere (= Middle High German rennore, renner); from run + -er.
 

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