the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > one who (4)
One who continues, or carries on; esp. one who continues a history or other unfinished work.
A person who advances or makes progress. Obsolete. rare.
One who continues or carries forward work begun by another; esp. one who writes a continuation to a literary work.
A person who gets on, a successful person.