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Grammar : Noun
Spell : moo-ver
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmu vər



Definition of mover

Origin :
  • late 14c., agent noun from move (v.). Originally of God. Meaning "one who moves goods as a profession" is from 1838.
  • As in migrant : noun person who moves to a foreign place
  • As in mover and shaker : noun person who makes things happen
  • As in transport : noun move, transfer
  • As in best-seller : noun top-selling item
  • As in prime mover : noun cause
  • As in inciter : noun agitator
  • As in rising star : noun comer
  • As in up-and-comer : noun comer
  • As in agent : noun person representing an organization or person in business
  • As in agitator : noun person who disturbs, causes trouble
  • As in father/mother : noun founder, inventor
  • As in gadfly : noun goad; nuisance
Example sentences :
  • That is particularly the case when he is dealing with the soul and the first mover.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • In turn the latter takes the idea of a first mover from physics.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • For the argument from motion does not give us a creator but a first mover.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • This mover is either outside the sphere it moves or within it.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • Well, goodness knows our Junior League needs a mover of some sort.
  • Extract from : « Prudence Says So » by Ethel Hueston
  • I became the depositary of his secrets and the mover of his counsels.
  • Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat
  • The motion was denied, and the mover of it emphatically rebuked.
  • Extract from : « Quaker Hill » by Warren H. Wilson
  • My first thought was that it was the camp-fire of some mover on the fire-brake.
  • Extract from : « Track's End » by Hayden Carruth
  • Defendant "a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world."
  • Extract from : « Not Paul, But Jesus » by Jeremy Bentham
  • The speech of the mover could not fully surmount these disadvantages.
  • Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill

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