suitor.
One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
Meaning & usage
One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
A person or organization that expresses an interest in working with, or taking over, another.
A party to a suit or litigation.
One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).
To play the suitor; to woo; to make love.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sutour, from Anglo-Norman suytour, seuter, from Late Latin secutor (“follower, pursuer”).
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