/mooh"veuhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that moves.
2. Often, movers . a person or company whose business is the moving of household effects or office equipment from one location to another.
3. a powerful and influential person, as in politics or business.
4. a person who is energetic and ambitious; go-getter.
5. movers and shakers , Informal. powerful and influential people, as in politics and business.
[ 1350-1400; ME mevere. See MOVE, -ER 1 ]