Synonyms for runner

someone who imports or exports without paying duties (noun)

• smuggler
• contrabandist
• moon-curser

a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) (noun)

a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips (noun)

• stolon
• offset

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

fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil (noun)