doer  /ˈdur/ ? Meaning of "doer"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a person who acts and gets things done

Synonym(s)

Usage(s):

  1. Doing a considerate thing for another person five times in one day made the doer happier than if they had spread out those five acts over one week.
  2. On the whole, though, he was a doer.
  3. A doer rather than an original thinker, Cushing openly confesses his inability to follow theological argument; yet his lengthy pastoral letters are often eloquent.

Quotes

  1. "Only one of us is ready on Day 1 to be commander-in-chief, ready to manage our economy, and ready to defeat the Republicans," Clinton told a rally in Youngstown, Ohio. "Only one of us has spent 35 years being a doer, a fighter and a champion...
    on Feb 20, 2008 By: Hillary Rodham Clinton Source: Winnipeg Free Press

  2. "He's more laid back, happy to see what happens, whereas I'ma doer and I plan ahead," Richardson told The Independent on Sunday newspaper in 2003. "The differences sometimes get in the way but they can be the very things that feed a marriage,...
    on Mar 18, 2009 By: Natasha Richardson Source: Edmonton Sun

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