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Definition of Go-getter
1. Noun. Someone whose career progresses rapidly.
Definition of Go-getter
1. Noun. (idiomatic) One who is motivated or inclined to excel; one who strives to achieve success or improvement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Go-getter
Literary usage of Go-getter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"... and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's crew chief in World War I, reported to me
for a job. Vic was a driving go- getter. I'd known him for over twenty years. ..."
2. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis (1922)
"... but the great sales-manager, who had an Analysis of Merchandizing Problems on
his glass-topped desk, whose title of nobility was "go-getter," and who ..."
3. Community Boy Leadership: A Manual for Scout Executives by Boy Scouts of America (1922)
"He must be a "go-getter." He must face his constituency. He must plead his cause
with them direct. What tendency is there for executives to be ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"You can enjoy a large Juvenile business now. Are you with us? Make a window!
Do some advertising ! BE A go-getter ! GROSSET DUNLAP, Publishers ..."
5. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"... the critical sense of the professors counts for little, for they cry wolf too
often—it flowers in such barbaric inventions as tasty, alright, go-getter, ..."
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