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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
goer
noun
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▪ But they will be in costume, and all party goers will have a chance to vote on the best disguise.
▪ By some estimates, as many as one caucus goer in four has yet to pick a candidate.
▪ The organisers had approval to sell two thousand tickets but some party goers believe there were more ravers than that.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Goer

Goer \Go"er\, n. [From Go.] One who, or that which, goes; a runner or walker; as:

  1. A foot. [Obs.]
    --Chapman.

  2. A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; a safe goer.

    This antechamber has been filled with comers and goers.
    --Macaulay.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
goer

late 14c., "one who goes on foot, a walker," agent noun of go. From mid-13c. as a surname. Of a horse, especially of one that goes fast (1690s); hence transferred use, of persons, "one who lives loosely" (c.1810).

Wiktionary
goer

n. 1 One who, or that which, goes. 2 Anything, especially a machine such as a motor car, that performs well, or operates successfully. 3 (context British slang English) A person, often a woman, who enjoys sexual activity. 4 (context obsolete English) A foot. 5 (context dated English) A horse, considered in reference to its gait.

WordNet
goer

n. someone who leaves [syn: departer, leaver]

Wikipedia
Goer

Goer may refer to:

  • M520 Goer, an amphibious vehicle

Usage examples of "goer".

It was all so pleasant, and every day was so full of excitement, that it went to his head, and if he was sometimes seized by panic, and felt himself to be careering along at a pace he could no longer control, such frightening moments could not endure when Chuffy was summoning him to come and try the paces of a capital goer, or Jack Carnaby carrying him off to the theatre, or the Five-courts, or the Daffy Club.

I sat down, and, not understanding English, passed my time in gazing at the goers and comers.

He paused in the shadows, catching his breath and waited for a group of drunken party goers to stagger out of view.

With all the corners and goers in a boom town like Leadville, there's to% and Ruby Shaw was a pretty woman, by most accounts, and pretty women are hard to keep out of sight.

City planners, factory managers, Party members, car owners, ikon buyers, Krokodil readers, television critics, opera goers, fathers and mothers.

Okay, well, some people had sharper senses than others-which was why composers of symphonies could hear more complex harmonies and rhythms in music than could the average concert goer, why some baseball players could see a pop fly against a glary sky sooner than others, and why a master viniculturist could appreciate subtler qualities of a rare vintage than could a stoned-blind wino who was only concerned with the effect.

Or the dog in the officein the touching romantic comedy: take her glasses off and she's a goer.