goer

noun

1. One who, or that which, goes.

   “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, 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.”

   “[…] 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 […]”

   “He despised the museum and its goers for everything they didn’t know.”

2. (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.”

3. (British, slang)A person, often a woman, who enjoys sexual activity.

   “Norman: Is your wife a ... goer ... eh? Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge.”

   “He winked at Parsons. "If I'm any judge, she must've bin a right little goer in 'er day."”

   “'[…](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.'”

   “'I can tell that yer a right little goer, hey Larsie?!' I call over two slappers and slip them a few hundred! Before I know it me and Lars and the two slappers are rolling around a giant bed with the hungriest genitals in Gay Paree!”

4. (obsolete)A foot (body part).

   “[…] a double Mantle cast A’ thwart his Shoulders, his faire goers g[r]ac’st With fitted shooes; and in his hand, a Dart”

5. (dated)A horse, considered in reference to its gait.

   “a safe goer”

   “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.”

   “‘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.’”

6. (slang)A fire incident in progress.

   “[…] multiple calls on Southwark's ground. From the radio traffic it sounded like they had a goer.”