MOVER
What does "MOVER" mean?
A person or thing that moves, especially one hired to transport belongings between homes.
Meanings
- A person or company employed to carry furniture and goods when someone relocates. The movers wrapped the piano in thick blankets before lifting it.
- A person who initiates or proposes something, especially a motion at a meeting. As the mover of the amendment, she spoke first. formal
- A person with power and influence, as in the phrase 'movers and shakers'. The gala was packed with the city's movers and shakers. informal
Word origin
An agent noun from the verb 'move', from Old French 'mouvoir', from Latin 'movere', 'to move'; the relocation sense is comparatively modern.
Remember it
MOVER = 'move' plus 'r' for the one who does it; a mover is a 'move-r', the person who turns the verb into a job.
A little poem
They carry your life down four flights of stair-
and own none of it, and set it down with care.
couplet
Wordplay
- The committee called her a real mover and shaker - half because she got things done, half because she kept dropping the boxes.
What it teaches
The people who move your whole world rarely keep a piece of it; doing the heavy lifting and owning it are different trades.
Quick facts
What does MOVER mean?
A person or thing that moves, especially one hired to transport belongings between homes.
Is MOVER a valid word?
Yes — MOVER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MOVER?
MOVER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MOVER come from?
An agent noun from the verb 'move', from Old French 'mouvoir', from Latin 'movere', 'to move'; the relocation sense is comparatively modern.
What can MOVER teach us?
The people who move your whole world rarely keep a piece of it; doing the heavy lifting and owning it are different trades.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.