Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that goes, especially a person who goes to a specified place frequently or regularly. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which goes, runs, walks, etc.: often applied to a horse or a locomotive, etc., with reference to speed or gait, or to a watch or clock, with reference to time-keeping qualities: as, a good goer; a safe goer.
- noun A foot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A foot.
- noun A horse, considered in reference to his gait.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
goes . - noun A machine, especially a
motor car , that performs well. - noun UK, slang A person, often a woman, who enjoys
sexual activity . - noun obsolete A
foot . - noun obsolete A
horse , considered in reference to itsgait .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who leaves
Etymologies
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Examples
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Apparently Fox thinks the average movie-goer is too stupid for that.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine [Ryan's Review] « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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Two: They are a one-off commitment, so they have a certain measure of accessibility built in, and where that fails, the movie-goer is a bit more forgiving.
February 2008 2008
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Two: They are a one-off commitment, so they have a certain measure of accessibility built in, and where that fails, the movie-goer is a bit more forgiving.
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It merely suggests that Ford, who campaigns as a church-goer is also, hypocritically, a bed-hopping bachelor.
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When you reflect that this advertisement appears, for instance, in every theatre programme, so that every theatre-goer is at any rate assumed to have a secret fantasy life in which he thinks of himself as a young man of fashion with faithful old retainers, the prospect of any drastic social change recedes perceptibly.
As I Please 1944
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I can't hardly even begin to think about an issue that is less of a concern to any modern church goer, that is based more on a tendentious reading of nothing to any conversation whatsoever pertaining to life, science, and religion.
Scotteriology 2010
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“We got a little carried away,” laughed one ball-goer.
Life of the Party: A Gospel-Themed Gala - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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“We shouted, we screamed,” concert-goer Carol Pearsall told the newspaper after witnessing the proposal.
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You see I am not the traditional conference goer of the 80's who arrives on time, sits quietly and pays attention.
Lisa Larter: Gen Y - What Makes A Conference Work For Me? Lisa Larter 2010
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No one on the left could believe this intelligent rally-goer was the former drummer of the 1960s breakthrough band; no one on the left understood that an artist could be a tea partier.
Tea Party to the Rescue Peggy Noonan 2010
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