Usually means: Athletes who compete in running.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word runner's:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. runners: Merriam-Webster
  2. runners: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. runners: Collins English Dictionary
  4. runners: Vocabulary.com
  5. Runner's, Runners, runner's, runners: Wordnik
  6. runners: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Runners, runners: Wiktionary
  8. runners: Dictionary.com
  9. runners: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Runners (film), Runners, The Runners: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. -runners: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Runners: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Runners, -runners: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -runners, runners: Medical dictionary

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. runners: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Runners: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. Runners: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  4. Runners: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Runners: TheFurniture.com

(Note: See runner as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Runner)

noun:  Agent noun of run; one who runs.
noun:  A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
noun:  Any entrant, person or animal (especially a horse), for a race or any competition; a candidate for an election.
noun:  (poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.
noun:  Somebody who controls or manages (e.g. a system).
noun:  A person or vessel that runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. gunrunner).
noun:  (cricket) A player who runs for a batsman who is too injured to run; he is dressed exactly as the injured batsman, and carries a bat.
noun:  (baseball, softball) A baserunner.
noun:  (Australian rules football) A person (from one or the other team) who runs out onto the field during the game to take verbal instructions from the coach to the players. A runner mustn't interfere with play, and may have to wear an identifying shirt to make clear his or her purpose on the field.
noun:  Anyone sent on an errand or with communications, especially for a bank (or, historically, a foot soldier responsible for carrying messages during war).
noun:  A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
noun:  (US, dated) A trusty (prisoner granted special privileges).
noun:  (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
noun:  A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
noun:  One who runs away; a deserter or escapee.
noun:  (film) An assistant.
noun:  (slang, usually in the phrase 'do a runner') A quick escape away from a scene.
noun:  (Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
noun:  Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
noun:  A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
noun:  A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
noun:  A smooth strip on which a sledge runs.
noun:  The blade of an ice skate.
noun:  The channel or strip on which a drawer is opened and closed.
noun:  Part of a mechanism which allows something to be pulled out for maintenance.
noun:  The curved base of a rocking chair.
noun:  In saddlery, a loop of metal through which a rein is passed.
noun:  In molding, a channel cut in a mold.
noun:  The rotating-stone of a grinding-mill.
noun:  The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
noun:  A tool in which lenses are fastened for polishing.
noun:  (slang) An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
noun:  A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
noun:  A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
noun:  (slang) A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
noun:  (botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
noun:  (climbing) A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
noun:  A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
noun:  (nautical, sailing) A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
noun:  (video games) A speedrunner.
noun:  An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
noun:  A running gag.
noun:  A streamlet.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  Short for Bow Street Runner. [(colloquial, historical) A member of an early police force founded in 1742 in London, England.]
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