doer

[doo-er]

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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.

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Origin of doer

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

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Examples from the Web for doer

Contemporary Examples

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
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
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
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

Historical Examples

You've made me your butt, your fool, your doer of trivial offices.
Viviette
William J. Locke
It is a watcher more than a doer, and it is a doer, only that it may the better watch.
Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Once he took Loki with him, Loki, the doer of good and the doer of evil.
The Children of Odin
Padraic Colum
Then Loki, the doer of good and the doer of evil, flew to where Iduna was sitting and spoke to her.
The Children of Odin
Padraic Colum
All went except Loki, the doer of good and the doer of evil.
The Children of Odin
Padraic Colum

British Dictionary definitions for doer

doer

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

n.

c.1300, agent noun from do.

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