runner:
(plural: ‘runners‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
runners in a running competition
a person who runs in a running race (‘to run’ in this context = to move very fast on one’s feet in such way that both feet are above ground in each stride/step; a ‘run’ in the context = the act of moving very fast on one’s feet); an athlete;
a smuggler, e.g. ‘gun-runner‘, ‘arms-runner’, ‘drug-runner’, ‘narcotics runner’ (‘to run’ in this context = to bring something, usually things that are dangerous or unaccepted by law, into a place or country without paying taxes or duty);
drug runners caught with a truck load of drugs
a person who operates or manages some business, usually some illegal business, e.g. a runner of gambling dens (‘to run’ in this context = to operate or manage secretly);
an employee or a contract agent who does some minor but important jobs/errands in an organisation, production, company, etc.;
an agent or collector for a bank or brokerage house,
TV industry ‘runners’ on location
Joan has become the college best runner when she beat her rival runner, Panny, by fifty-six seconds.
It seems each industry has a position called ‘runners’ who does simple but important tasks without which the day-to-day running of the industry comes to a grinding halt.
The runners of the Third Kind — drug-runners, gun-runners, runners of gambling dens and brothels, etc. — are the worst runners who ruin countless number of lives.
