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footrunner

footrunner noun: an athlete who takes part in a footrace.

Noun

footrunner (plural footrunners)

  1. An athlete who takes part in a footrace.
  2. A person employed to run messages.

Forms of footrunner

pluralfootrunners

Origin of footrunner

From foot + runner.

Questions about footrunner

What does footrunner mean?
Footrunner means an athlete who takes part in a footrace.
What part of speech is footrunner?
Footrunner is a noun.
What is the plural of footrunner?
The plural of footrunner is footrunners.

Words near footrunner in the dictionary

  1. footrots
  2. footrub
  3. footrubs
  4. footrule
  5. footrules
  6. footrunner
  7. footrunners
  8. foots
  9. Foots Creek
  10. foots it
  11. foots the bill

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