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mover (iou)



mover noun. LME.
[from MOVE verb + -ER1. In sense 6 from MOVE noun.]
A person who or thing which sets or keeps something in motion; a machine or mechanical agency which imparts motion. LME.
C. G. Wolff There is no throughgoing sense of a malevolent God or an indifferent cosmic mover. P. Monette He was tireless and unfailing, a mover of mountains.
b. A cause (of). rare. Only in E17.
a. A person who incites or instigates to action; a promoter or originator of an action etc.; colloq. an enterprising person, a person who gets things done. LME.
C. Thirlwall The chief movers of the rebellion made their escape.
b. spec. A person who moves a proposition or proposal in a deliberative assembly. E17.
A person who or thing which moves or is in motion; now chiefly with adjective, an animal which moves in the specified manner or at the specified speed. L16.
Horse & Rider He should be a good straight mover.
A person who moves from place to place; spec. a person migrating westwards. US. E19.
A remover of furniture and other household goods. N. Amer. M19.
L. Edel The movers arrive to take her things to the new apartment.
Chess. With prefixed numeral: a problem in which the king is to be mated in the specified number of moves. L19.
Phrases: first mover (a) = PRIME MOVER 1, 2; (b) = PRIMUM MOBILE 1. mover and SHAKER. PRIME MOVER.