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mover en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmuːvə/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mover From move + -er.

Meanings

  1. Someone who or something that moves.
  2. A dancer.
  3. A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.
    • I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time.
  4. Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.
  5. A product that sells well.
    • "The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate mover of a follow-up. 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 389:
  6. (in-compounds) A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
movers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

fast mover · moremover · house mover · prime mover · household goods mover · side mover · seriesmover · earthmover · needle mover · unmoved mover · first mover · nonmover · mover and shaker · needle-mover · mouse mover · trashmover · people mover

Synonyms

removalist

Translations (15)

bg инициатор (someone who proposes a motion at a meeting) · mi kaimōtini (someone who proposes a motion at a meeting) · de Bewegerin (someone who or something that moves) · ga breabhsaire (someone who or something that moves) · cy cynigydd (someone who proposes a motion at a meeting) · sv motionär (someone who proposes a motion at a meeting) · sv flyttare (someone who or something that moves) · fi ehdottaja (someone who proposes a motion at a meeting) · de Beweger (someone who or something that moves) · fi liikkuja (someone who or something that moves) · fi liikuttaja (someone who or something that moves) · fi aloitteen esittäjä (someone who proposes a motion at a meeting) · ckb جووڵێنەر (someone who or something that moves) · bg двигател (someone who or something that moves) · cy ysgogydd (someone who or something that moves)