mov ‧ er /ˈmuːvə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ move , ↑ movement , ↑ removal , ↑ remover , ↑ mover ; adjective : ↑ movable , ↑ unmoved , ↑ moving ; verb : ↑ move , ↑ remove ; adverb : ↑ movingly ]
1 . mover and shaker informal an important person who has power and influence over what happens in a situation:
He’s one of the movers and shakers in Florida politics.
2 . someone or something that moves in a particular way:
Hummingbirds are quick movers.
3 . especially American English someone whose job is to move furniture, boxes etc from one house to another when someone changes where they live
4 . something that moves things from one place to another:
an earth mover
5 . a ↑ stock or ↑ share that people are buying and selling a lot of
6 . someone who makes a formal proposal at a meeting:
the mover of the motion
⇨ ↑ prime mover