mover

B2
US /ˈmuːvə/
noun Freq #25286

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    workman employed by a moving company

    the movers were very careful with the grand piano

  2. 2
    noun

    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.

  3. 3
    noun

    A product that sells well.

    "The Celtic Soul Brothers" (#86, 1983) was a moderate mover of a follow-up.

  4. 4
    noun

    a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another

  5. 5
    noun

    someone who moves

  6. 6
    noun

    (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion

  7. 7
    noun

    Someone who or something that moves.

  8. 8
    noun

    A dancer.

Etymology

From move + -er.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · a person employed to help... removalist
4 noun · a company that moves the... public mover
6 noun · (parliamentary procedure)... proposer
Word family
Derived forms earthmoverneedle-movernonmovertrashmover

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