removalistn.
/rᵻˈmuːvl̩ɪst/, /rᵻˈmuːvəlɪst/, U.S. /rəˈmuv(ə)ləst/, /riˈmuv(ə)ləst/ 1.
a. A person in favour of the removal of something.
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1831 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 33/1 The unfairness of the removalists in this case is very strongly evinced. At the meeting in July Mr. Scott, a staunch advocate for the preservation of the Screen, produced two proxies, which the Dean..refused to receive.
1862 G. Smith Hist. Delaware County 370 The removalists who had opposed fixing a site for the proposed new seat of justice, finding that under existing circumstances no bill could be passed in that shape.
1914 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 30 Apr. 6 He [sc. Mr. Brown] is not a removalist. Those who do not favor university removal would like to believe that Senator Brown is in face sincerely opposed to the..process of disorganizing the university.
2007 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 18 Mar. nc1 The commission discussed the fate of Robert Moses Parkway, as it did the Skyway in downtown Buffalo, also the target of removalists.
b. U.S. History. A person in favour of the removal of North American Indians living east of the Mississippi to land west of the river, to make way for settlers.
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1973 New Eng. Q. 46 357 Even secretary Barbour eventually gave up on assimilation and joined the voluntary removalists out of sympathy for the Indian.
1991 Rev. in Amer. Hist. 19 208 In the Monroe administration the United States opted for a policy of separation..that evolved from a debate between ostensibly benevolent gradualists and less patient removalists.
2001 P. Weeks Farewell, My Nation i. 41 Andrew Jackson was a hybrid, not a pure Removalist.
2. Australian. A person or company that moves furniture, belongings, etc., to a new residence or business premises; a furniture remover. Cf. remover n.1 1a.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who move furniture
house mover1834
remover1861
mover1894
furniture-remover1895
removalist1904
moving man1922
1904 Freeman's Jrnl. (Sydney) 26 Mar. 1/2 (advt.) Up-to-date removalists, furniture.
1916 Argus (Melbourne) 3 Mar. 12/3 E. Wridgway, Camberwell, absolutely the best interstate removalist; all risks; lowest storage rates.
1939 P. McGuire Austral. Journey vi. 137 Your furniture could be distributed to your heirs on a removalist's van.
1959 S. J. Baker Drum 139 Removalist, a person or firm engaging in the shifting of household or business effects.
1971 Classified Telephone Directory (Brisbane) Pink Pages 251/1 (advt.) Approved Government contractor for removals and storage. A. F. Palmer Removalists.
1999 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 28 Oct. (Suppl.) 18 Choosing a removalist and getting your possessions safely to the new location can be one of the most stressful parts of the whole exercise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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