What does doer mean?

Definitions for doer
ˈdu ərdo·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. actor, doer, workernoun

    a person who acts and gets things done

    "he's a principal actor in this affair"; "when you want something done get a doer"; "he's a miracle worker"

Wiktionary

  1. doernoun

    Someone who does, performs, or executes; an active person, an agent.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Doernoun

    One that does any thing good or bad.

    Etymology: from To do.

    So foul a thing, O! thou Injustice art,
    That tort’rest both the doer and distrest. Samuel Daniel, Civ. War.

    It may be indeed a publick crime, or a national mischief; yet it is but a private act, and the doer of it may chance to pay his head for his presumption. Robert South, Sermons.

    Sith thus far we have proceeded in opening the things that have been done, let not the principal doers themselves be forgotten. Richard Hooker.

    Then have they most commonly one, who judgeth the prize to the best doer, of which they are no less glad than great princes are of triumphs. Philip Sidney.

    Fear not,my lord, we will not stand to prate;
    Talkers are no good doers: be assur’d,
    We go to use our hands, and not our tongues. William Shakespeare, R. III.

    They are great speakers, but small doers; greater in shew than in deed. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

    Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Comm. Prayer.

    In this we shew ourselves weak, and unapt to be doers of his will, in that we take upon us to be controllers of his wisdom. Richard Hooker, b. ii. s. 6.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Doer

    one who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent

  2. Doer

    an agent or attorney; a factor

  3. Etymology: [From Do, v. t. & i.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Doer

    dōō′ėr, n. one who does anything; one who habitually performs: an agent.

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Anagrams for doer »

  1. dero

  2. EDRO

  3. Oder

  4. redo

  5. rode

  6. roed

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of doer in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of doer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of doer in a Sentence

  1. John Sfakianakis:

    He is seen by the top leadership as a doer, whether you think he was right or wrong on the labour reforms, he delivered. Of the group of senior ministers at that time, he was the only one who was delivering.

  2. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    The only way to become a doer is to find something worth doing.

  3. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

    A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something.

  4. John Updike:

    Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

  5. Dr. Robert Schuller:

    Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary impossible.

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