Proceeder

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Someone who advances or continues with a course of action after a particular point has been reached
2. A person who goes on with a task, journey, or procedure in a particular manner
3. One who takes the next step forward in an undertaking or moves along a set path

Etymology: The word is a plain agent formation: "proceed" with the suffix "-er" added, so it names one who proceeds. "Proceed" came into English from Old French "proceder," itself from Latin "procedere," meaning to go forward, advance, or continue, built from "pro-" (forward) and "cedere" (to go). The "-er" ending, from Old English, turns a verb into a noun for the person or thing doing the action, as in "reader" or "driver." The noun is used mainly in the sense of someone who goes forward or moves on, especially a person advancing along a route or through a process, and it is most often met in legal and formal contexts where it refers to a party who carries on a matter. Because it is so transparent, its history is simply that of its two parts, and the Latin verb's core sense of physically going forward is still visible in it.

Synonyms: traveller, wayfarer