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1. (n.) suitor
a man who courts or woos a woman.
2. suitor
Law. a petitioner or plaintiff.
3. suitor
a person who sues or petitions for anything.
4. suitor
an individual or company that seeks to buy another company.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME s(e)utor, suitour < AF < L secūtor <sequi to follow)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) suitor, suer, wooer
a man who courts a woman
"a suer for the hand of the princess"
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| Definition of 'suitor' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) suitor
one who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant
2. (noun) suitor
especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover
3. (noun) suitor
one who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc
4. (noun) suitor
one who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like
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Sense: an old word for a man who tries to gain the love of a woman.
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 Afrikaans: vryer, versoeker |
 Arabic: مُتَقَدِّم بِطَلَب الزَّو |
 Bulgarian: ухажор |
 Brazilian: pretendente |
 Czech: ctitel |
 German: der Freier |
 Danish: frier |
 Greek: επίδοξος μνηστήρας |
 Spanish: pretendiente |
 Estonian: kosilane |
 Farsi: خواستگار |
 Finnish: kosija |
 French: soupirant |
 Hebrew: מְחָזֵר |
 Hindi: वादी, मुदृई, प्रार्थी, आव |
 Croatian: molilac, prosac |
 Hungarian: kérő |
 Indonesian: pelamar |
 Icelandic: biðill |
 Italian: pretendente, corteggiator |
 Japanese: 求婚者 |
 Korean: 구혼자 |
 Lithuanian: gerbėjas |
 Latvian: pielūdzējs |
 Malay: pelamar` |
 Dutch: vrijer |
 Norwegian: frier, beiler |
 Polish: zalotnik, starający się |
 Persian: خواستگار |
 Pashto: غوښتونکی |
 Portuguese: pretendente |
 Romanian: pretendent |
 Russian: поклонник |
 Slovak: ctiteľ |
 Slovenian: snubec |
 Serbian: prosac |
 Swedish: friare |
 Thai: ผู้ชายที่เกี้ยวพาราสีผู้ห |
 Turkish: âşık, bir kıza talip olan |
 Taiwanese: (古)求婚者 |
 Ukrainian: шанувальник, залицяльник |
 Urdu: عاشق |
 Vietnamese: người theo đuổi, cầu hôn |
 Chinese: （古）求婚者 |
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