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Runner

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
ball carrierbase runnerblue runnercontrabandistmoon cursermoon-curseroffsetsmugglerstolon
plural
Runners
possessive
Runner's
pluralpossessive
Runners'