Definition of Outrunner

1. n. An offshoot; a branch.

Definition of Outrunner

1. Noun. An offshoot; a branch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Outrunner

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outrunner

outrooted
outrooting
outroots
outrope
outroper
outropers
outropes
outros
outrove
outrow
outrowed
outrowing
outrows
outrun
outrung
outrunner (current term)
outrunners
outrunning
outruns
outrush
outrushed
outrushes
outrushing
outs
outsaid
outsail
outsailed
outsailing
outsails
outsang

Literary usage of Outrunner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Moses and the Monuments: Light from Archaeology on Pentateuchal Times by Melvin Grove Kyle (1920)
"Abrek is thus the cry of the outrunner, "The left for thee," doubtless having the counterpart expression for the man who should turn to the right, ..."

2. Tumours, innocent and malignant: Their Clinical Features and Appropriate by John Bland-Sutton (1911)
"The intravenous apex of such an outrunner is usually cone-shaped and smooth. ... Plugging of the vena cava by an outrunner is by no means rare, ..."

3. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1906)
"The intravenous apex of such an outrunner is usually cone-shaped and smooth. ... Plugging of the vena cava by an outrunner is by no means rare, ..."

4. The History of Arabia. Ancient and Modern by Andrew Crichton (1834)
"Instead of saying the first, second, third, &c. as we do, they call the foremost the outrunner of the outrunner*: the next the back-dresser; the third the ..."

5. Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles by George Melly (1851)
"Nubian outrunner, whose long whip secures it a clear passage. ... This, however, did not satisfy the outrunner, who instantly dashed after him, ..."

6. The Clinical Journal (1899)
"The intra-venous apex of such an outrunner is usually cone-shaped and smooth. ... Plugging of the vena cavity by an outrunner is by no means rare, ..."

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