mover

mover
/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, -ER1]

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