ongoer noun3 •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 •(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.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 •(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 formsongoers
