remover

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UK/ɹɪˈmuːvə/US/ɹɪˈmuːvɚ/

noun

An agitator.

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

OriginEnglish remove ← Middle English removen ← Anglo-Norman remover →
CommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nounremover (plural removers)

plural removers

  1. agentAgent 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. obsoleteAn agitator.

    A hasty fortune maketh an enterpriser and remover

    1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Fortune”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  5. Proto-Italic*moweō
  6. Latinmoveō
  7. Latinremoveō
  8. Old Frenchremovoir
  9. Anglo-Normanremover
  10. Middle Englishremoven
  11. Englishremove
  12. Englishremover

From remove + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

remover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remover

MLA

“remover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remover. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remover,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remover.

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