doer

[ doo-er ]

/ ˈdu ər /

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noun

a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.

a person characterized by action, as distinguished from one given to contemplation.

Australian. an amusing or eccentric person; character.

RELATED WORDS

motivator, achiever, dynamo

Nearby words

Origin of doer

1300–50; Middle English. See do¹, -er¹

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Examples from the Web for doer

Galon comes across as a doer for liberal causes, even if she does not always make headlines.
Meretz Appeals To Smart Secular Women|Don Futterman|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In short, he was indispensable for the fulfillment of the Obama Project, a Doer in a team of Dreamers.
America's Prime Minister|Tunku Varadarajan|September 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And he named himself: He's a doer—a credible doer, living on practical achievement, not fumes.
The Mayors Who Can Revive America|Tina Brown|September 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST
As one Russian newspaper enthused, Medvedev wants “to prove that he is a doer and not just a talker.”
Is Democracy Dead in Russia?|Stephen Sestanovich|April 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST

In Old Bactrian, Huvarezyanha means the doer of a kind action.
The History of Antiquity|Max Duncker
And yet, for all that, it is not right that the doer of injustice such as thine should escape scot-free.
Bubbles of the Foam|Unknown
On the tomb of the doer of this havoc is written, with an unconscious sarcasm, "Multum ei debet ecclesia Wellensis."
History of the Cathedral Church of Wells|Edward A. Freeman
The doer must suffer,” said the Greeks: “you would soothe a Deity not to be soothed.
The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature|Various
They wove no mild sort of halo for the head of a shillelagh-flourishing Whitechapel Countess descended from the writer and doer.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for doer

doer

/ (ˈduːə) /

noun

a person or thing that does something or acts in a specified mannera doer of good

an active or energetic person

a thriving animal, esp a horse

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Word Origin and History for doer

doer

c.1300, agent noun from do.