mover

[ moo-ver ]

/ ˈmu vər /

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noun

a person or thing that moves.

Often movers. a person or company whose business is the moving of household effects or office equipment from one location to another.

a powerful and influential person, as in politics or business.

a person who is energetic and ambitious; go-getter.

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

move-in, move-out, moveable, moveless, movement, mover, mover and shaker, movers and shakers, movie, movie camera, movie film

Idioms

movers and shakers, Informal. powerful and influential people, as in politics and business.

Origin of mover

First recorded in 1350–1400, mover is from the Middle English word mevere. See move, -er¹

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Examples from the Web for mover

The minute you stop playing that game the first mover advantage goes away.
Shutdown Crisis: We Need a Hostage Negotiator|John Avlon|October 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Kristol was viewed as a mover and shaker whose ideas had ready impact on the political firmament in Washington.
Kristol Gets the Pink Slip|Scott Horton|January 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST
If the mover of the sphere is something within the sphere, two alternatives are again possible.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
It went by the impulse it had received from the first mover.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke|Edmund Burke

Now, I ask what mover gave motion to that first atom, and first set the great machine of the universe a-going?
The Existence of God|Francois de Salignac de La Mothe- Fenelon
He was far from imputing any impure motives to the mover or seconder of the resolution.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton
The speech of the mover could not fully surmount these disadvantages.
Lord Randolph Churchill|Winston Spencer Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for mover

mover

/ (ˈmuːvə) /

noun

informal a person, business, idea, etc, that is advancing or progressing

a person who moves a proposal, as in a debate

US and Canadian a removal firm or a person who works for one

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Idioms and Phrases with mover

mover

In addition to the idiom beginning with mover

mover and shaker

also see:

prime mover