mover
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mov·er
(mo͞o′vər)n.
1.
a. One that moves: The old dog is a slow mover.
b. One that sets something in motion or initiates something: a leading mover in the effort to reform education.
2.
a. often movers A firm that transports household or office goods from one location to another.
b. A person who works for such a firm.
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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. (Commerce) US and Canadian a removal firm or a person who works for one
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mov•er
(ˈmu vər)n.
1. one that moves.
2. Often, movers. a person or company that moves household effects, office equipment, etc.
3. movers and shakers, powerful and influential people, as in politics and business.
[1350–1400]
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Noun | 1. | mover - 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 | |
3. | mover - someone who moves 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 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" |
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mover
[ˈmuːvəʳ] N1. [of motion] → promotor/a m/f
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mover
n
(of proposition) → Antragsteller(in) m(f)
(= remover) → Möbelpacker(in) m(f)
the movers and shakers (inf) → die Leute pl → mit Einfluss; to be a fast mover (inf) → von der schnellen Truppe sein (inf)
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