"mover" meaning in English

See mover in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmuːvə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mover.wav Forms: movers [plural]
Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ) Etymology: From move + -er. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*m(y)ewh₁-}}, {{af|en|move|-er}} 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': 79 2 6 9 1 3
  2. A dancer.
    Sense id: en-mover-en-noun-nF21uWoL
  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 incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 31 30 3 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 9 5 37 21 6 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 3 31 19 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 15 38 18 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 2 1 46 22 1 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 10 40 19 4 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 3 37 22 5 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 6 10 42 20 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 10 40 19 4 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 10 41 20 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 7 2 36 23 6 25
  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 (Maori), motionär [common-gender] (Swedish), cynigydd [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-mover-en-noun-NWMH2Asu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 31 30 3 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 3 31 19 5 35 Disambiguation of 'someone who proposes a motion at a meeting': 8 2 6 83 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 Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-mover-en-noun-PgfDht~H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 31 30 3 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 3 31 19 5 35 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "word": "mover"
}

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