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mover.

Someone who or something that moves.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmuːvə/
  1. Someone who or something that moves.

  2. A dancer.

  3. A person employed to help people move their possessions from one residence to another.

    I'm getting too old to expect my friends to schlep all my stuff for beer and pizza. I'm hiring movers this time.
  4. Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.

  5. A product that sells well.

  6. A chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within the specified number of moves.

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English mover From move + -er.

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