remover
nounUK /ɹɪˈmuːvə/ · US /ɹɪˈmuːvɚ/
Etymology From remove + -er.
1
Agent 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 remover1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Fortune”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- boomer remover, make-up remover, makeup remover, nail polish remover, polish remover, spot remover, stain remover, staple remover