mover

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]

3 someone who moves

4 a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another [syn: public mover, moving company, removal firm, removal company]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːvə(r)

Noun

1. Someone who or something which moves.

Derived terms

• first mover
• prime mover
• mover and shaker
• household goods mover

Portuguese

Verb

1. move (to change the place of a piece)

Spanish

Verb

mover

1. to move

Conjugation

Mover may mean:

• Removalist, a person that helps clients with packing, moving and storage
• Moving company
• Moving industry
• in parliamentary procedure, the person who introduces a motion (see also seconder)
• prime mover
• unmoved mover
• Bob Mover (1952–), saxophonist
• Mover (band) band from the UK

See also

• Moving (disambiguation)
• Motion (physics)

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