Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mover"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mover \Mov"er\, n.
1. A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.

2. A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of
place; a motor.

3. One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes
movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition.

These most poisonous compounds, Which are the movers
of a languishing death. --Shak.

4. A proposer; one who offers a proposition, or recommends
anything for consideration or adoption; as, the mover of a
resolution in a legislative body.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

mover
n 1: workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very
careful with the grand piano"
2: a person who wields power and influence; "movers and shakers
in the business world"; "a shaker of traditional beliefs";
"a mover of mountains" [syn: {shaker}]
3: (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
[syn: {proposer}]
4: someone who moves
5: a company that moves the possessions of a family or business
from one site to another [syn: {public mover}, {moving
company}, {removal firm}, {removal company}]


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