Definitions for suiter
suit·er

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suiter, Suitornoun

   Etymology: from suit.

   1. One that sues; a petitioner; a supplicant.

   As humility is in suiters a decent virtue, so the testification thereof, by such effectual acknowledgements, not only argueth a sound apprehension of his supereminent glory and majesty before whom we stand, but putteth also into his hands a kind of pledge or bond for security against our unthankfulness. Hook.

   She hath been a suitor to me for her brother,
   Cut off by course of justice. William Shakespeare, Meas. for Measure.

   My piteous soul began the wretchedness
   Of suitors at court to mourn, John Donne.

   Not only bind thine own hands, but bind the hand of suitors also from offering. Francis Bacon.

   Yet their port
   Not of mean suitors; nor important less
   Seem’d their petition, than when the ancient pair,
   Deucalion and chaste Pyrrha, to restore
   The race of mankind drown’d, before the shrine
   Of Themis stood devout. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   I challenge nothing;
   But I’m an humble suitor for these prisoners. John Denham.

   My lord, I come an humble suitor to you. Nicholas Rowe.

   2. A woer; one who courts a mistress.

   I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart; for truly I love none.

   ———— A dear happiness to women! they would else have been troubled with a pernicious suitor. William Shakespeare.

   He passed a year at Goodby under the counsels of his mother, and then became a suitor at London to sir Roger Ashton’s daughter. Henry Wotton, Life of the Duke of Buckingham.

   By many suitors sought, she mocks their pains,
   And still her vow’d virginity maintains. Dryden.

   He drew his seat, familiar, to her side,
   Far from the suitor train, a brutal crowd. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Suiter

   Suiter is a surname.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SUITER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Suiter is ranked #10882 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Suiter surname appeared 2,929 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Suiter.
   
   90.1% or 2,641 total occurrences were White.
   6.5% or 193 total occurrences were Black.
   1.6% or 47 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.9% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.

How to pronounce suiter?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say suiter in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of suiter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of suiter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=suiter
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suiter
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html