goer

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English goere, equivalent to go +‎ -er. Compare German Geher (“goer, walker”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊɚ/ Rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ) === Noun === goer (plural goers) One who, or that which, goes. 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. (informal) Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully. (British, slang) A person, often a woman, who enjoys sexual activity. (obsolete) A foot (body part). (dated) A horse, considered in reference to its gait. (firefighting, slang) A fire incident in progress. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Geor., Gero, Gore, Ogre, Rego, ergo, ergo-, gero-, gore, ogre, orge, rego, roge == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːɨ̯r/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔi̯r/ === Noun === goer m (uncountable) (colloquial) alternative form of gooer (“cooling, shady”) === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “goer”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies