runner
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈrʌnər/
:
mensajero
- Two counselors were assigned to each group to keep the runners together and encourage a noncompetitive atmosphere.
Here's what we send a runner over with all our orders.
- Here's what we send a runner over with all our orders.
- Where it really turned though, is that Michael had an assistant and I was there and I was like the runner and the office lackey.
- A friend of mine needed someone to take a job as a runner at the Chicago Board Options Exchange and it ended up being me.
Examples
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Here's what we send a runner over with all our orders.
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And then I heard that Miramax were making a film nearby, and I got a job as a runner on that.
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A friend of mine needed someone to take a job as a runner at the Chicago Board Options Exchange and it ended up being me.
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One of our runners got hit for $11,000.
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As we walked back into the kitchen, the other tray runners glared at me.
Fiction book (1992) -
They'd met as office runners on a low-budget horror spoof called Killer Fleas.
Fiction book (1993) -
I hired a runner to deliver important documents between our office and a client.
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The company employed several runners to ensure swift delivery of packages to local businesses.
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He worked as a runner and was responsible for bringing messages from one department to another.
Synonyms
258
2.4
A person who delivers letters or small packages to other people
238
2.9
A person or company that delivers letters and packages
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1.0
A person who delivers letters and packages to people's homes and businesses
94
3.8
A person who carries and delivers messages or packages
38
1.0
A person who delivers letters and parcels to homes and businesses
7
2.0
A person who delivers letters and packages to homes and businesses
6
2.3
A boy who delivers messages and does small jobs for a business
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1.4
A person who brings packages or food to people's homes
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2.3
A person who delivers mail and packages to homes and shops
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2.7
A person who brings packages to homes or businesses
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8.4
A person who delivers letters and parcels to homes and shops
A woman who brings packages to people's homes or shops
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.9
A member of London's first organized police force from the mid 1700s to the early 1800s
A large, fast tropical fish with a blue green back and yellow stripes that people catch for sport
- Australian
A low-growing Australian vine with hairy stems and bright red and pink flowers
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Runner comes from the old word run plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. Long ago people who carried messages would literally run between places, so a runner is someone who 'runs' to deliver letters or packages.