From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mover \Mov"er\, n.
1. A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.
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2. A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of
place; a motor.
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3. One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes
movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition.
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These most poisonous compounds,
Which are the movers of a languishing death. --Shak.
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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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mover
n 1: workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very
careful with the grand piano"
2: (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
[syn: {proposer}, {mover}]
3: someone who moves
4: a company that moves the possessions of a family or business
from one site to another [syn: {mover}, {public mover},
{moving company}, {removal firm}, {removal company}]
From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]:
mover
actuate; move
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