first mover
first mover noun: the initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.
Noun
first mover (plural first movers)
- The initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.
- The chiefeſt God firſt moouer of that Spheare,
Enchac’d with thouſands euer ſhining lamps,
Will ſooner burne the glorious frame of Heauen,
Then ſhould it ſo conſpire my ouerthrow.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- The chiefeſt God firſt moouer of that Spheare,
- An early player in a market, such as the first company to commercialize a newly developed technology.
Forms of first mover
| plural | first movers |
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Origin of first mover
The business sense bears connotations of the earliest moves in a game such as chess or checkers (for example, a gambit).
Words formed from first mover
Questions about first mover
- What does first mover mean?
- First mover means the initial agent that is the cause of all things; the prime mover.
- What part of speech is first mover?
- First mover is a noun.
- What is the plural of first mover?
- The plural of first mover is first movers.
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