"mover" meaning in English

See mover in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmuːvə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mover.wav [Southern-England] Forms: movers [plural]
Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mover From move + -er. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|move|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mover [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "mover", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "movēre", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "move", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "move", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*m(y)ewh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*moweō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "moveō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Northern French", "term" : "movoir", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro-nor" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "moven", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "move", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-āsjos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ārius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ārijaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ārī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ere", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mover", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="mover"> From move + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mover (plural movers)
  1. Someone who or something that moves. Translations (someone who or something that moves): двигател (dvigatel) (Bulgarian), جووڵێنەر (cûllêner) (Central Kurdish), liikkuja [intransitive] (Finnish), liikuttaja [transitive] (Finnish), Beweger [masculine] (German), Bewegerin [feminine] (German), breabhsaire [masculine] (Irish), flyttare (Swedish), ysgogydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mover-en-noun-fpsj8rAd Disambiguation of 'someone who or something that moves': 80 1 5 10 1 3
  2. A dancer.
    Sense id: en-mover-en-noun-nF21uWoL Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 13 28 21 6 25
  3. A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another. Synonyms: removalist [Australia]
    Sense id: en-mover-en-noun-0kOwAnvj Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 13 9 30 23 7 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 13 9 30 23 7 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 10 19 32 4 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 9 29 17 10 19 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 3 29 22 7 30 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 9 5 32 21 7 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 13 28 21 6 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 4 31 23 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 4 31 23 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 6 4 34 21 5 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 8 4 31 24 6 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 3 30 22 6 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 9 6 33 19 6 27
  4. Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting. Translations (someone who proposes a motion at a meeting): инициатор (iniciator) [masculine] (Bulgarian), aloitteen esittäjä (Finnish), ehdottaja (Finnish), kaimōtini (Māori), motionär [common-gender] (Swedish), cynigydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mover-en-noun-NWMH2Asu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 10 19 32 4 27 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 3 29 22 7 30 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 9 5 32 21 7 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 13 28 21 6 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 4 31 23 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 4 31 23 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 6 4 34 21 5 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 8 4 31 24 6 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 3 30 22 6 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 9 6 33 19 6 27 Disambiguation of 'someone who proposes a motion at a meeting': 9 1 4 85 0 1
  5. A product that sells well.
    Sense id: en-mover-en-noun-rnkIqnu7
  6. (chess, in combination) A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves. Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-mover-en-noun-PgfDht~H Categories (other): Chess, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Māori translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 10 19 32 4 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 3 24 19 7 39 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 3 29 22 7 30 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 9 5 32 21 7 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 13 28 21 6 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 3 2 30 19 2 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 4 31 23 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 4 31 23 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 6 4 34 21 5 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Māori translations: 8 4 31 24 6 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 3 30 22 6 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 9 6 33 19 6 27 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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