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English Dictionary: mover by the DICT Development Group
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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
    Synonym(s): proposer, mover
  3. someone who moves
  4. a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another
    Synonym(s): mover, public mover, moving company, removal firm, removal company
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mover \Mov"er\, n.
      1. A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place.
  
      2. A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of
            place; a motor.
  
      3. One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes
            movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition.
  
                     These most poisonous compounds, Which are the movers
                     of a languishing death.                     --Shak.
  
      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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