goer
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English goere, equivalent to go + -er. Compare German Geher (“goer, walker”).
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊɚ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ)
Noun
editgoer (plural goers)
- One who, or that which, goes.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Such a man
Might be a copy to these younger times;
Which, follow’d well, would demonstrate them now
But goers backward.
- 1845, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Letter to Hannah Macaulay dated 19 December, 1845 in G. Otto Trevelyan (ed.), The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, New York: Harper, 1875, Volume 2, p. 149,[1]
- Lord John has been all day in his inner library. His antechamber has been filled with comers and goers, some talking in knots, some writing notes at tables.
- 1927, Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse[2], London: The Hogarth Press, published 1930, Part 1, p. 58:
- […] the two classes of men; on the one hand the steady goers of superhuman strength […] plodding and persevering, […] ; on the other the gifted, the inspired […]
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- He despised the museum and its goers for everything they didn’t know.
- (informal) Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully.
- I bought her secondhand, but she's a good little goer.
- (British, slang) A person, often a woman, who enjoys sexual activity.
- 1969, Monty Python, Nudge Nudge:
- Norman: Is your wife a...goer...eh? Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge.
- 1990, Hampton Charles, Advantage Miss Seeton, page 45:
- He winked at Parsons. "If I'm any judge, she must've bin a right little goer in 'er day."
- 2001, Peter Buse, Drama + Theory: Critical Approaches to Modern British Drama, page 102:
- ' […] (Intimate, man to man) Eh, I bet she's a goer, int she sunshine? She's got a fair pair of knockers on her too.'
- (obsolete) A foot (body part).
- c. 1615, George Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses[4], London: Nathaniell Butter, Book 13, p. 202:
- […] a double Mantle cast
A’ thwart his Shoulders, his faire goers g[r]ac’st
With fitted shooes; and in his hand, a Dart
- (dated) A horse, considered in reference to its gait.
- a safe goer
- 1727, Daniel Defoe, “A Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain”, in et al.[5], London: J. Osborn, published 1742, Volume 4, Letter 3, p. 106:
- These Horses, which are very much bought up in England, are remarkable for being good natural Pacers, strong, easy Goers, hardy, gentle, well-broken, and, above all, not apt to tire.
- 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC:
- “I'd like nothing better this minute,” said Mr Browne stoutly, “than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.”
Derived terms
editTerms derived from "goer" ("-goer")
- away-goer UK
- auction-goer / auctiongoer
- ball-goer / ballgoer
- bar-goer / bargoer
- beach-goer / beachgoer
- cafe-goer / café-goer / cafegoer
- caucus-goer / caucusgoer
- chapel-goer / chapelgoer
- church-goer / churchgoer
- circus-goer / circusgoer
- cinema-goer / cinemagoer
- club-goer / clubgoer
- college-goer / collegegoer
- concert-goer / concertgoer
- conference-goer / conferencegoer
- congoer
- convention-goer / conventiongoer
- dance-goer / dancegoer
- Davos-goer
- dinner-goer
- event-goer / eventgoer
- exhibit-goer / exhibitgoer
- exhibition-goer / exhibitiongoer
- fair-goer / fairgoer
- fest-goer / festgoer
- festival-goer / festivalgoer
- film-goer / filmgoer
- funeral-goer / funeralgoer
- gallery-goer / gallerygoer
- game-goer / gamegoer
- gig-goer
- gurdwara-goer
- gym-goer / gymgoer
- lounge-goer
- mall-goer / mallgoer
- market-goer / marketgoer
- mosque-goer / mosquegoer
- movie-goer / moviegoer
- museum-goer / museumgoer
- nightclub-goer
- no-goer
- office-goer / officegoer
- opera-goer / operagoer
- orgy-goer / orgygoer
- pageant-goer
- parade-goer / paradegoer
- park-goer / parkgoer
- party-goer / partygoer
- prom-goer / promgoer
- pub-goer / pubgoer
- race-goer / racegoer
- restaurant-goer / restaurantgoer
- safari-goer / safarigoer
- sale-goer / salegoer
- school-goer / schoolgoer
- shop-goer / shopgoer
- show-goer / showgoer
- shrine-goer/ shrinegoer
- shul-goer / shulgoer
- spa-goer / spagoer
- synagogue-goer / synagoguegoer
- temple-goer / templegoer
- theater-goer / theatergoer
- theatre-goer / theatregoer UK
- tour-goer / tourgoer
- wedding-goer/ weddinggoer
Translations
editone who goes
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foot — see foot
horse in reference to its gait
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