remover

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈmuːvə/ (UK)
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/ɹɪˈmuːvə/ (UK) · /ɹɪˈmuːvɚ/ (US)

Definition of remover

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (agent, form-of)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.”
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noun

  1. (agent, form-of)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. (obsolete)An agitator.
    “A hasty fortune maketh an enterpriser and remover”

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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 *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English remover From remove + -er.

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