SUITOR

suitor, suer, wooer

(noun) a man who courts a woman; “a suer for the hand of the princess”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

suitor (plural suitors)

One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for marriage; a wooer; one who courts someone.

(law) A party to a suit or litigation.

One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.

Verb

suitor (third-person singular simple present suitors, present participle suitoring, simple past and past participle suitored)

To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.

Anagrams

• turios

Source: Wiktionary


Suit"or, n.

1. One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant. She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. Shak.

2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. Sir P. Sidney.

3. (a) (Law) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc. (b) (O. Eng. Law) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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