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doer

[ doo-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that does doe does do something, especially a person who gets things done done do with vigor and efficiency.
  2. a person characterized by action, as distinguished from one given to contemplation.
  3. Australian. an amusing or eccentric person; character.


doer

/ ˈduːə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that does something or acts in a specified manner

    a doer of good

  2. an active or energetic person
  3. a thriving animal, esp a horse


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Word History and Origins

Origin of doer1

1300–50; Middle English. See do 1, -er 1

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Example Sentences

Like Amalek, the Biblical evil-doer whose name we are enjoined to “blot out.”

Galon comes across as a doer for liberal causes, even if she does not always make headlines.

It was time to restock and reload, time for a new brand of evil-doer.

If we fail or delay to address a concern, matters may become worse, including for the wrong-doer.

In short, he was indispensable for the fulfillment of the Obama Project, a Doer in a team of Dreamers.

This statement does not cover suffering caused to the wrong-doer by natural acts of mine which do not proceed from ill-will.

It may not, therefore, hurt the person of any wrong-doer, or bear any ill-will to him and so cause him mental suffering.

Ahimsa requires deliberate self-suffering, not a deliberate injuring of the supposed wrong-doer.

I must apply the same rules to the wrong-doer who is my enemy or a stranger to me, as I would to my wrong-doing father or son.

If an injury was done to either, the Commune obtained or itself enforced justice against the wrong-doer.

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