goern.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊə/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊ(ə)r/

Forms: see go v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: go v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < go v. + -er suffix¹. Compare German Geher (Middle High German (in late sources) geer in specific sense ‘messenger’). Compare ganger n.¹In sense 3 after to go between —— at go v. Phrasal verbs 2; compare goer-between n.

a. A person who or (occasionally) thing which moves, proceeds, travels, or departs. Frequently (in later use chiefly) with a following adverb or preposition, often in spec. senses corresponding to uses of the verb. In early use sometimes spec.: a person who goes on foot (cf. go v. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > [noun] > one who or that which

goera1382

locomotor1822

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xiv. 9 Þe Egipciens pursueden þe stappis of þe goers before [L. praecedentium].

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxxiii. 8 Weies ben distried, a goere [L. transiens] bi the path ceesside.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 200 Gooare, ambulator, viator, ambulatrix. Goare on fote, idem quod fotemann.

1493 Mirk's Festialis (Pynson) ii. sig. Cii^v/2 Pilgrames marchauntes and other goers aboute.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxvi^v The enuyous people, whiche alwaye ben redy, bothe ryder and goer to skorne and to iape this leude booke.

1546 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 182 The procurars therof and goars about theryn to be punysshed.

1577–87 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. x. i. 217 They mooue the harts of the goers by such places where they lie, to yerne at their miserie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. i. 170 The goer backe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 48 Goers backward.

a1639 H. Wotton Parallel betweene Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham (1641) 7 The Earle..was so far from being a good dancer, that he was no gracefull goer.

1698 J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith App. 54 You were present, and a Goer with them your self.

a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) II. i. 6 All the neighbours and goers-by came into the inn.

1800 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 356 Comers-in by birth;..goers-out by death.

1845 E. B. Barrett Let. 8 Dec. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 318 Our goers-out here never come home until six, and the head of the house, not until seven.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iii. xiv. 329 He was named Rolf Ganger; i.e., Rolf the Goer on foot, or Rolf Walker.

1896 Harper's Mag. Dec. 113/1 Mighty few [couples] is allotted to die together. They's bound to be a goer an' a stayer.

1918 M. Johnson Foes viii. 71 You'll be a wanderer and a goer about yet—within and without, my laddie, within and without!

1953 F. Swinnerton Month in Gordon Square xviii. 284 She wasn't, Flora knew, much of a goer-out.

1995 F. Weldon Wicked Women (1997) 129 The insider dealers, the fraudsters, the goers to sea in sleazy yachts.

b. In collocation with comer, frequently as a way of including all people who pass through a particular place; esp. in comers and goers. Cf. to come and go at come v. Phrases 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > setting out > those departing or arriving

goera1425

society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > [noun] > one who > those departing and arriving

goera1425

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xxxv. 7 Y schal take awei fro it a goere and a comere aȝen [L. euntem et redeuntem].

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 184 (MED) Þei eten euery day in his court mo þanne xxxti Mill. persones, withouten goeres & comeres.

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 67^v (MED) Þese wardes..makiþ al þe wey siker to comeres & goeres and alle cariages.

1467–70 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. lxxxiii (MED) Keping an open in for all comers and goers.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark vi. f. lij^v There were many commers and goers.

1562 R. Fills tr. Lawes & Statutes Geneua f. 82^v All citezens, burgeoises, and inhabitantes shall take diligent hede..for al maner of goers or commers.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xviii. 136 Which never shut gate against any goer or comer.

1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens ii. viii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 173 I shall have a fine time on't, if I must be bound to draw water for all comers and goers.

1706 T. Betterton Amorous Widow ii. 21 My House is become as common for all Comers and Goers, as the Mall or Spring-Garden.

1762 S. Foote tr. P. N. Destouches Spendthrift i. iv, in S. Foote et al. Comic Theatre I. 123 He keeps open hose for all comers and goers.

1838 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 745/2 You are too fond of listening to every gabby comer and goer.

1848 J. Oxenford tr. J. W. von Goethe Autobiogr. I. 374 There seemed..such a swarm of uncles and aunts, relations, cousins, comers, goers, gossips, and guests, that [etc.].

1919 E. Goodwin Duchess of Siona xii. 295 The guard..made some sort of parley with the few chance comers and goers.

1988 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 June I draw your attention to the shambles of the various taxes on goers and comers in recent times.

2004 F. P. Wilson Crisscross 317 Why not check out Julio's? Hang out on the street and watch the comers and goers.

c. With preceding adjective. A horse, rider, vehicle, etc., which moves or proceeds in the manner or at the speed specified. Also simply: a horse, rider, etc., capable of going fast.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly

goera1586

fast-goera1628

seven-league boots1707

flyer1795

careerer1844

racehorse1854

pacer1878

spinner1881

running mate1891

wind-splitter1893

speedster1927

swiftie1945

fastie1983

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B1^v Hee sayde, they [sc. horsemen] were..speedy goers, and strong abiders.

1615 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Cupids Revenge ii. sig. E3^v Is the rough French horse brought to the dore? They say he is a high goer, I shall soone try his mettall.

1697 London Gaz. No. 3281/4 Stolen or strayed..a light grey Nag..about 8 years old, a very good Goer.

1710 London Gaz. No. 4689/4 She is hard mouthed but a very pleasant Goer.

1778 T. Pasley Private Sea Jrnls. 2 Aug. (1931) 35 At Eleven made sail, light winds; found some horrid dull goers, owing to their being uncommonly deep Loaded.

1835 G. Stephen Adventures in Search of Horse i. 6 A charming goer: so docile that a lady might drive him with a pack-thread.

1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. ii. 41 ‘He looks..as if he'd trot a considerable good stick..I guess he is a goer.’

1886 Cent. Mag. Jan. 371/2 A dog with a broad, bull-dog chest is never a good goer.

1905 Motor Dec. 57/1 Got a new car, 104-inch wheel-base, side entrance, thirty horsepower, Pope-Toledo, best goer I ever sat in.

1987 Horse Internat. Mar. 40/2 They have a lively horse and a good goer, but whether they have the ability to drive or ride it is another matter.

2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) vii. 78 A good little goer will hit thirty-seven mile an hour with no trouble.

a. Frequently with to. A person who (esp. frequently or regularly) attends a specified place, type of entertainment, etc.

ΚΠ

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ix. l. 103 (MED) A gedelynge, a goer to tauernes!

1623 R. Verstegan Toung-combat 46 Such as haue bin great travailers in the woord, and continual goers to sermons.

1750 London Mag. Aug. 363/2 I am a constant goer to church.

1805 Lit. Mag. & Amer. Reg. Apr. 309/1 The discovery..seems altogether useless to the regulation of our own private affairs, either as goers to market, as superintendants of the kitchen, or as presidents of the parlour.

1865 ‘B. Gray’ My Married Life at Hillside xliii. 278 Inducing me to neglect my family, and become..a goer to circuses and wild-beast shows.

1909 Railroad Trainman Oct. 884/2 There are lodges in existence that not only don't have ‘regular goers’, but don't have regular meetings.

1990 G. Weinberg Taboo Scarf 303 He had plenty of time to contemplate, not being by nature a goer to bars or parties.

2010 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 17 Jan. 6 They were always showing films outdoor for the public, and..I was a frequent goer.

b. With prefixed specifying word.For more established formations of this type, as churchgoer, playgoer, partygoer, etc., see the first element.

ΚΠ

c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 47 He bigynneþ to be a tauerne-goer and an aale-goere.

1598 tr. L. B. Alberti Hecatonphila 26 None but Church-goers might now bee my companions.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 578 Hypocrites, dissemblers, holy brethren, sermon-goers, Puritans.

1754 London Mag. Oct. 456/2 The girl who had the child by the kirk goer was an impudent baggage, and deserved to be whipped out of town.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain (ed. 2) ix. 165 Antonio, though by no means a mass-goer.., remained two hours..on his knees on the cold stones.

1882 Nation (N.Y.) 29 June 537/2 What the summer restaurant-goer wants is a cool place.

1957 Times 9 May 14/1 Bottle-kicking is not a spectator sport. Test-match-goers may care to comment.

2012 Sight & Sound Apr. 15/3 No festival will ever programme 2 Guns, no multiplex-goer will ever see Meteora.

3. A mediator or intermediary between two parties. Cf. to go between —— at go v. Phrasal verbs 2, goer-between n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > mediation > mediator

mediatorc1410

recounsellera1425

mid-man1459

stiffler1473

stickler1538

goer1548

ombudsman1970

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. i. 20, 21 The Angel brought the message beyng as a goer betwene God and her.

1734 A. Pope Let. to Swift 15 Sept. in J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 200 The intervening, officious, impertinence of those goers between us.

1846 Monthly Jrnl. Agric. (N.Y.) June 584/2 These bank officers make another class of goers between the producer and the consumer.

2002 W. Self Dorian 82 ‘I suppose this came from Dorian?’ ‘Well, he has rather been the goer between us, wouldn't you say?’

†4. In plural. Feet. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only in Chapman.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun]

footOE

heelOE

toec1290

pettitoes1590

goers1612

hoofa1616

fetlock1645

stamper1652

fetterlock1674

pedestal1695

trotter1755

footsie1762

dew-beaters1811

pedal1838

mud-hook1850

tootsy1854

tootsicum1860

gun-boat1870

mundowie1880

plate of meat1887

trilby1895

dog1913

puppies1922

1612 G. Chapman tr. Virgil in tr. Petrarch Seven Penitentiall Psalms 62 The too much indulgence of wine, Staggers the vpright steps a man should take, Dissolues his nerues, and makes his goers [L. pedes] weake.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiii. 329 His fair goers graced With fitted shoes.

5. Chiefly with preceding adjective. A clock or watch, esp. one which keeps good or bad time; (also more generally) a machine or device which functions well, badly, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun]

clock1370

knock1502

watch-clock1592

timist1711

goer1730

tick-ticka1777

dial plate1796

hall-clock1815

tick-tock1947

1730 London Evening-Post 21 May (advt.) Lost..a Leather Portmanteau..containing..a Gold Watch made by Still, being a plain Goer with a repeating Pendant.

1739 E. Purefoy Let. 8 Apr. in G. Eland Purefoy Lett. (1931) I. v. 115 My son wants a small Silver watch ab^t the size of yours wee saw here..; it must be new fashioned & a good goer.

1830 H. Angelo Reminisc. (new ed.) I. 205 Hence all his clocks were ‘good goers’.

1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth 81 My watch is a perfect goer.

1904 Daily Chron. 25 July 6/5 Another showman described himself as ‘the cheapest man for all kinds of swag watches, all goers’.

2006 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 17 Nov. 65 Darren from Bannockburn has a front end loader that is now surplus to his requirements... He says it's a ‘good goer’.

6. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). A person who shows spirit, enthusiasm, enterprise, or perseverance; (in later use frequently) a sexually promiscuous or unrestrained person, esp. a woman.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person

pealerc1400

terrier1532

swinger1583

whipster1590

fireman1648

my (also me) hearty1735

whitherer1790

spunkie1806

vigorist1807

spunk1808

goer1811

smiter1823

hard hitter1831

blue hen's chicken (also chick)1859

stem-winder1875

vital force1886

live wire1896

towser1901

powerhouse1908

jazzer1912

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum at Article She's a prime article.., she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.

1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn I. xii. 166 He set him down in his own mind as a ‘goer’, by which he meant a man who had go, or energy, in him.

1908 J. Gunn We of Never-never i. 5 By George!..she is a regular goer.

1921 R. M. Ayres Marriage of Barry Wicklow xvii. 129 ‘He didn't really want to marry me...’ ‘Humph! Well, I'm not altogether surprised... He's a bit of a goer from what I've heard about him.’

1959 Observer 1 Mar. 10/2 Princie is a ‘goer’, nerveless and brave, say the other members of the team.

1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London iii. 51 A banger's a goer—a girl who'll do anything with anyone.

2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 141/4 She was attracting the wrong sort of attention and random men would come up to me and say, ‘Bet your bird's a goer.’

7. colloquial (originally Australian). A thing that is likely to succeed, esp. an idea or project; an acceptable, viable, or feasible proposal.Probably extended from sense 1c.

ΚΠ

1896 Australasian Pastoralists' Rev. 15 Oct. 392/2 The two moving spirits of this enterprise [sc. a new meat factory] are Mr. F. Cobbald..and Mr. Thomas Cordingly... Those who know those two men will summarise comment by saying ‘It's a goer’.

1966 Flying Mag. Apr. 36/1 They're currently building seven [aircraft] a week, and they've even been making a little money... Looks like it might be a goer.

1975 Australian 20 Jan. 7 The scheme is bloody mad and will never be a goer.

1995 Computing 11 May 32/2 I think video on demand will be a goer with reasonable potential for mass success.

2003 ‘Z. Corder’ Lion Boy (2004) xii. 158 Should he try to..get to Paris quicker by some other means? It didn't take long to realize that this idea was not a goer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	goer
释义	goern. Brit. /ˈɡəʊə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊ(ə)r/ Forms: see go v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: go v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < go v. + -er suffix¹. Compare German Geher (Middle High German (in late sources) geer in specific sense ‘messenger’). Compare ganger n.¹In sense 3 after to go between —— at go v. Phrasal verbs 2; compare goer-between n. 1. a. A person who or (occasionally) thing which moves, proceeds, travels, or departs. Frequently (in later use chiefly) with a following adverb or preposition, often in spec. senses corresponding to uses of the verb. In early use sometimes spec.: a person who goes on foot (cf. go v. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > [noun] > one who or that which goera1382 locomotor1822 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. xiv. 9 Þe Egipciens pursueden þe stappis of þe goers before [L. praecedentium]. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxxiii. 8 Weies ben distried, a goere [L. transiens] bi the path ceesside. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 200 Gooare, ambulator, viator, ambulatrix. Goare on fote, idem quod fotemann. 1493 Mirk's Festialis (Pynson) ii. sig. Cii^v/2 Pilgrames marchauntes and other goers aboute. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxvi^v The enuyous people, whiche alwaye ben redy, bothe ryder and goer to skorne and to iape this leude booke. 1546 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 182 The procurars therof and goars about theryn to be punysshed. 1577–87 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. x. i. 217 They mooue the harts of the goers by such places where they lie, to yerne at their miserie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. i. 170 The goer backe. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 48 Goers backward. View more context for this quotation a1639 H. Wotton Parallel betweene Earle of Essex & Duke of Buckingham (1641) 7 The Earle..was so far from being a good dancer, that he was no gracefull goer. 1698 J. Strype Life Sir T. Smith App. 54 You were present, and a Goer with them your self. a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) II. i. 6 All the neighbours and goers-by came into the inn. 1800 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 356 Comers-in by birth;..goers-out by death. 1845 E. B. Barrett Let. 8 Dec. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 318 Our goers-out here never come home until six, and the head of the house, not until seven. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iii. xiv. 329 He was named Rolf Ganger; i.e., Rolf the Goer on foot, or Rolf Walker. 1896 Harper's Mag. Dec. 113/1 Mighty few [couples] is allotted to die together. They's bound to be a goer an' a stayer. 1918 M. Johnson Foes viii. 71 You'll be a wanderer and a goer about yet—within and without, my laddie, within and without! 1953 F. Swinnerton Month in Gordon Square xviii. 284 She wasn't, Flora knew, much of a goer-out. 1995 F. Weldon Wicked Women (1997) 129 The insider dealers, the fraudsters, the goers to sea in sleazy yachts. b. In collocation with comer, frequently as a way of including all people who pass through a particular place; esp. in comers and goers. Cf. to come and go at come v. Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun] > setting out > those departing or arriving goera1425 society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > [noun] > one who > those departing and arriving goera1425 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ezek. xxxv. 7 Y schal take awei fro it a goere and a comere aȝen [L. euntem et redeuntem]. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 184 (MED) Þei eten euery day in his court mo þanne xxxti Mill. persones, withouten goeres & comeres. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 67^v (MED) Þese wardes..makiþ al þe wey siker to comeres & goeres and alle cariages. 1467–70 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. lxxxiii (MED) Keping an open in for all comers and goers. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark vi. f. lij^v There were many commers and goers. 1562 R. Fills tr. Lawes & Statutes Geneua f. 82^v All citezens, burgeoises, and inhabitantes shall take diligent hede..for al maner of goers or commers. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xviii. 136 Which never shut gate against any goer or comer. 1694 L. Echard tr. Plautus Rudens ii. viii, in tr. Plautus Comedies 173 I shall have a fine time on't, if I must be bound to draw water for all comers and goers. 1706 T. Betterton Amorous Widow ii. 21 My House is become as common for all Comers and Goers, as the Mall or Spring-Garden. 1762 S. Foote tr. P. N. Destouches Spendthrift i. iv, in S. Foote et al. Comic Theatre I. 123 He keeps open hose for all comers and goers. 1838 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 745/2 You are too fond of listening to every gabby comer and goer. 1848 J. Oxenford tr. J. W. von Goethe Autobiogr. I. 374 There seemed..such a swarm of uncles and aunts, relations, cousins, comers, goers, gossips, and guests, that [etc.]. 1919 E. Goodwin Duchess of Siona xii. 295 The guard..made some sort of parley with the few chance comers and goers. 1988 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 28 June I draw your attention to the shambles of the various taxes on goers and comers in recent times. 2004 F. P. Wilson Crisscross 317 Why not check out Julio's? Hang out on the street and watch the comers and goers. c. With preceding adjective. A horse, rider, vehicle, etc., which moves or proceeds in the manner or at the speed specified. Also simply: a horse, rider, etc., capable of going fast. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] > one who or that which moves swiftly goera1586 fast-goera1628 seven-league boots1707 flyer1795 careerer1844 racehorse1854 pacer1878 spinner1881 running mate1891 wind-splitter1893 speedster1927 swiftie1945 fastie1983 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B1^v Hee sayde, they [sc. horsemen] were..speedy goers, and strong abiders. 1615 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Cupids Revenge ii. sig. E3^v Is the rough French horse brought to the dore? They say he is a high goer, I shall soone try his mettall. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3281/4 Stolen or strayed..a light grey Nag..about 8 years old, a very good Goer. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4689/4 She is hard mouthed but a very pleasant Goer. 1778 T. Pasley Private Sea Jrnls. 2 Aug. (1931) 35 At Eleven made sail, light winds; found some horrid dull goers, owing to their being uncommonly deep Loaded. 1835 G. Stephen Adventures in Search of Horse i. 6 A charming goer: so docile that a lady might drive him with a pack-thread. 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. ii. 41 ‘He looks..as if he'd trot a considerable good stick..I guess he is a goer.’ 1886 Cent. Mag. Jan. 371/2 A dog with a broad, bull-dog chest is never a good goer. 1905 Motor Dec. 57/1 Got a new car, 104-inch wheel-base, side entrance, thirty horsepower, Pope-Toledo, best goer I ever sat in. 1987 Horse Internat. Mar. 40/2 They have a lively horse and a good goer, but whether they have the ability to drive or ride it is another matter. 2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) vii. 78 A good little goer will hit thirty-seven mile an hour with no trouble. 2. a. Frequently with to. A person who (esp. frequently or regularly) attends a specified place, type of entertainment, etc. ΚΠ c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ix. l. 103 (MED) A gedelynge, a goer to tauernes! 1623 R. Verstegan Toung-combat 46 Such as haue bin great travailers in the woord, and continual goers to sermons. 1750 London Mag. Aug. 363/2 I am a constant goer to church. 1805 Lit. Mag. & Amer. Reg. Apr. 309/1 The discovery..seems altogether useless to the regulation of our own private affairs, either as goers to market, as superintendants of the kitchen, or as presidents of the parlour. 1865 ‘B. Gray’ My Married Life at Hillside xliii. 278 Inducing me to neglect my family, and become..a goer to circuses and wild-beast shows. 1909 Railroad Trainman Oct. 884/2 There are lodges in existence that not only don't have ‘regular goers’, but don't have regular meetings. 1990 G. Weinberg Taboo Scarf 303 He had plenty of time to contemplate, not being by nature a goer to bars or parties. 2010 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 17 Jan. 6 They were always showing films outdoor for the public, and..I was a frequent goer. b. With prefixed specifying word.For more established formations of this type, as churchgoer, playgoer, partygoer, etc., see the first element. ΚΠ c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 47 He bigynneþ to be a tauerne-goer and an aale-goere. 1598 tr. L. B. Alberti Hecatonphila 26 None but Church-goers might now bee my companions. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 578 Hypocrites, dissemblers, holy brethren, sermon-goers, Puritans. 1754 London Mag. Oct. 456/2 The girl who had the child by the kirk goer was an impudent baggage, and deserved to be whipped out of town. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain (ed. 2) ix. 165 Antonio, though by no means a mass-goer.., remained two hours..on his knees on the cold stones. 1882 Nation (N.Y.) 29 June 537/2 What the summer restaurant-goer wants is a cool place. 1957 Times 9 May 14/1 Bottle-kicking is not a spectator sport. Test-match-goers may care to comment. 2012 Sight & Sound Apr. 15/3 No festival will ever programme 2 Guns, no multiplex-goer will ever see Meteora. 3. A mediator or intermediary between two parties. Cf. to go between —— at go v. Phrasal verbs 2, goer-between n. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > mediation > mediator mediatorc1410 recounsellera1425 mid-man1459 stiffler1473 stickler1538 goer1548 ombudsman1970 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. i. 20, 21 The Angel brought the message beyng as a goer betwene God and her. 1734 A. Pope Let. to Swift 15 Sept. in J. Swift Lett. Dr. Swift (1741) 200 The intervening, officious, impertinence of those goers between us. 1846 Monthly Jrnl. Agric. (N.Y.) June 584/2 These bank officers make another class of goers between the producer and the consumer. 2002 W. Self Dorian 82 ‘I suppose this came from Dorian?’ ‘Well, he has rather been the goer between us, wouldn't you say?’ †4. In plural. Feet. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only in Chapman. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun] footOE heelOE toec1290 pettitoes1590 goers1612 hoofa1616 fetlock1645 stamper1652 fetterlock1674 pedestal1695 trotter1755 footsie1762 dew-beaters1811 pedal1838 mud-hook1850 tootsy1854 tootsicum1860 gun-boat1870 mundowie1880 plate of meat1887 trilby1895 dog1913 puppies1922 1612 G. Chapman tr. Virgil in tr. Petrarch Seven Penitentiall Psalms 62 The too much indulgence of wine, Staggers the vpright steps a man should take, Dissolues his nerues, and makes his goers [L. pedes] weake. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiii. 329 His fair goers graced With fitted shoes. 5. Chiefly with preceding adjective. A clock or watch, esp. one which keeps good or bad time; (also more generally) a machine or device which functions well, badly, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] clock1370 knock1502 watch-clock1592 timist1711 goer1730 tick-ticka1777 dial plate1796 hall-clock1815 tick-tock1947 1730 London Evening-Post 21 May (advt.) Lost..a Leather Portmanteau..containing..a Gold Watch made by Still, being a plain Goer with a repeating Pendant. 1739 E. Purefoy Let. 8 Apr. in G. Eland Purefoy Lett. (1931) I. v. 115 My son wants a small Silver watch ab^t the size of yours wee saw here..; it must be new fashioned & a good goer. 1830 H. Angelo Reminisc. (new ed.) I. 205 Hence all his clocks were ‘good goers’. 1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth 81 My watch is a perfect goer. 1904 Daily Chron. 25 July 6/5 Another showman described himself as ‘the cheapest man for all kinds of swag watches, all goers’. 2006 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser (Nexis) 17 Nov. 65 Darren from Bannockburn has a front end loader that is now surplus to his requirements... He says it's a ‘good goer’. 6. colloquial (originally and chiefly British). A person who shows spirit, enthusiasm, enterprise, or perseverance; (in later use frequently) a sexually promiscuous or unrestrained person, esp. a woman. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person pealerc1400 terrier1532 swinger1583 whipster1590 fireman1648 my (also me) hearty1735 whitherer1790 spunkie1806 vigorist1807 spunk1808 goer1811 smiter1823 hard hitter1831 blue hen's chicken (also chick)1859 stem-winder1875 vital force1886 live wire1896 towser1901 powerhouse1908 jazzer1912 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum at Article She's a prime article.., she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn I. xii. 166 He set him down in his own mind as a ‘goer’, by which he meant a man who had go, or energy, in him. 1908 J. Gunn We of Never-never i. 5 By George!..she is a regular goer. 1921 R. M. Ayres Marriage of Barry Wicklow xvii. 129 ‘He didn't really want to marry me...’ ‘Humph! Well, I'm not altogether surprised... He's a bit of a goer from what I've heard about him.’ 1959 Observer 1 Mar. 10/2 Princie is a ‘goer’, nerveless and brave, say the other members of the team. 1966 P. Willmott Adolescent Boys E. London iii. 51 A banger's a goer—a girl who'll do anything with anyone. 2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 141/4 She was attracting the wrong sort of attention and random men would come up to me and say, ‘Bet your bird's a goer.’ 7. colloquial (originally Australian). A thing that is likely to succeed, esp. an idea or project; an acceptable, viable, or feasible proposal.Probably extended from sense 1c. ΚΠ 1896 Australasian Pastoralists' Rev. 15 Oct. 392/2 The two moving spirits of this enterprise [sc. a new meat factory] are Mr. F. Cobbald..and Mr. Thomas Cordingly... Those who know those two men will summarise comment by saying ‘It's a goer’. 1966 Flying Mag. Apr. 36/1 They're currently building seven [aircraft] a week, and they've even been making a little money... Looks like it might be a goer. 1975 Australian 20 Jan. 7 The scheme is bloody mad and will never be a goer. 1995 Computing 11 May 32/2 I think video on demand will be a goer with reasonable potential for mass success. 2003 ‘Z. Corder’ Lion Boy (2004) xii. 158 Should he try to..get to Paris quicker by some other means? It didn't take long to realize that this idea was not a goer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1382
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