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A runner is a person who runs.

Runner may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Biology

• Any of several fishes of the family Carangidae called runners
• Stolon, an aerial shoot from a plant with the ability to produce adventitious roots and new clones, often called a runner

Communication

• Courier, a person who delivers messages, packages, and mail
  • Runner (soldier), a military courier carrying messages by foot

People

• George Runner, California Board of Equalization member and former State Senator (and husband of Sharon Runner)
• Sharon Runner, California State Senator (and wife of George Runner)

Sport

• Athletic shoe, footwear primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise
• Baserunner, an offensive player in baseball who has successfully reached at least first base
• Runner (cricket), a player who runs for an injured batsman
• Sling (climbing equipment), climbing equipment consisting of a tied or sewn loop of webbing that can be wrapped around a rock
• An employee of a sports agent, usually responsible for scouting and befriending potential future clients

Transportation

• The long, flat, smooth ski-like glide on a sled
• Gilera Runner, a moped/scooter manufactured by Gilera
• USS Runner (SS-275), Gato-class submarine, 1942–1943
• USS Runner (SS-476), Tench-class submarine, 1944–1971

Other uses

• "Runners", members of the Beguny subset of the Russian Bezpopovtsy religious movement
• Runner (casting), a channel in the gating system of a casting die
• Runner rug, a long, narrow rectangular carpet
• Running gag, a literary device in the form of a repeated joke or reference
• The rotating driven element of a water turbine (hydroelectric) generator
• Terrestrial locomotion

See also

• Run (disambiguation)
• Running (disambiguation)
• The Runner (disambiguation)
• The Runners (disambiguation)