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remover

noun

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Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmuːvə/ / /ɹɪˈmuːvɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *wremoweō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English remover From remove + -er.

  1. Agent noun of remove; one who, or that which, removes.

    We had to take my little brother to the hospital when he swallowed some of my sister's nail-polish remover.

  2. An agitator.

    A hasty fortune maketh an enterpriser and remover