ongoer

Noun

ongoer (plural ongoers)

1. One who continues moving along a path or carrying on a tradition.
   • The ongoers laid Jake to rest under the rain-softened sod before they went, and left behind them also one-fifth of the provisions, some quinine, a tent, and half a dozen of the fattest steers.1897, Nash's Pall Mall Magazine - Volume 13, page 202
   • For these or for similar reasons, Jack London seems destined to be more than simply an author; he will continue to grow into a legend; then he will be transformed into a symbol — the protagonist of the Pioneers; the original Native Son; a portent of a newer generation; the "Man on the road"; the...1946, William McDevitt, Jack London's first, page 19
2. (euphemistic) One who dies.
   • The Ongoer made me His Deputy here: Who payeth may pass, though he reckon it dear, — His quittance from clumsy, cumbering gear. You are Death? I am Death, Devourer and Foe Or Friend and Deliverer:1934, Thomas Moult, The best poems of 1922, page 37
   • Hasten O ongoer! Fear not the storm that darkens.1976, Herman Arthur Voaden, Earth song, page 4
3. (UK) A pig farmer who receives assistance in restructuring his or her business as part of The Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme, announced on 30 March 2000 as part of The Action Plan for Farming.
   • To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to introduce the outgoer and ongoer elements of the pig industry restructuring scheme; and what projection has been made of the funds to be allocated to each element in each of the three years of the overall scheme.1999, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report
   • We heard about the PIRS (the Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme); about its importance 'to both outgoers and ongoers'; we even heard about 'classical swine fever'.2001, Matthew Parris, Off message: new Labour, new sketches, page 299