ingoer

ingoer

English

Etymology

in +‎ goer.

Noun

ingoer (plural ingoers)

1. One who or that which goes in, an incomer (as observed from an external or objective viewpoint).
   • 1907, The Surveyors' Institution, Transactions, Volume 40, page 73,

     […] I should, if acting for the ingoer, claim a deduction of 25 per cent. from the table figures.

   • 1920, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Professional Notes, Volume 26, page 175,

     In some cases the off-going crop belongs to the outgoer and the ingoer has to harvest and thrash, receiving the straw free for his labour, but the more common custom in a Lady Day tenancy is that the outgoer is paid the value of tillages and seed, and the crop belongs to the incomer.

   • 1982, Charlotte MacLeod, Wrack and Rune, page 96,

     Shandy joined the ingoers and found out why.

Synonyms

• (one who goes in): enterer, incomer

Anagrams

• Regino, eringo, ignore, region