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mover

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mov·er  (mvr)
n.
1. One that moves: a fast mover in corporate circles.
2. One that transports household or office goods from one location to another as an occupation. Often used in the plural.

mover [ˈmuːvə]
n
1. Informal a person, business, idea, etc., that is advancing or progressing
2. a person who moves a proposal, as in a debate
3. (Business / Commerce) US and Canadian a removal firm or a person who works for one
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.movermover - workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano"
remover - someone who works for a company that moves furniture
working man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
2.mover - (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order, order - a body of rules followed by an assembly
nominator - someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election
conceiver, mastermind, originator - someone who creates new things
3.mover - someone who moves
traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
advancer - someone who advances
ascender - someone who ascends
coaster - someone who coasts
descender - someone who descends
hitter, striker - someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters"
lunger - someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing)
puller - someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself
shover, pusher - someone who pushes
scrambler - a rapid mover; someone who scrambles; "their quarterback was a good scrambler"; "scramblers can often unnerve a better tennis player"
transferer, transferrer - someone who transfers something
traverser - someone who moves or passes across; "the traversers slowly ascended the mountain"
4.mover - a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
company - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"
Translations
mover [ˈmuːvəʳ] N
1. [of motion] → promotor/a m/f
2. (US) → agente m de mudanzas
3. he's a lovely moverse mueve con mucho garbo, baila/anda con mucha elegancia
mover [ˈmuːvər] n (in debate)auteur m d'une proposition
mover
n
(of proposition)Antragsteller(in) m(f)
(= remover)Möbelpacker(in) m(f)
(= walker, dancer etc) he is a good/poor etc moverseine Bewegungen sind schön/plump etc
the movers and shakers (inf)die Leute plmit Einfluss; to be a fast mover (inf)von der schnellen Truppe sein (inf)
mover [ˈmuːvəʳ] nproponente m/f
mover [ˈmuːvəʳ] nproponente m/f


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1-5) I begin to sing about Poseidon, the great god, mover of the earth and fruitless sea, god of the deep who is also lord of Helicon and wide Aegae.
The great Zola, or call him the immense Zola, was the prime mover in the attack upon the masters of the Romanticistic school; but he lived to own that he had fought a losing fight, and there are some proofs that he was right.
The mover and seconder of the first Resolution (not having so much as the ghost of an idea to trouble either of them), poured out language in flowing and overflowing streams, like water from a perpetual spring.
 
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